Gray.  It really is a good color.  Suits.  Certain nun’s habits.    Yet sometimes… a good color gets a bad name.

The Scarlet Letter… for one.  Black Sunday.  Blue Lagoon.  The Red Dragon.   Now whenever I hear Gray, one of the first things that comes to mind is the recent color association in literature….  “50 Shades of Gray”

I haven’t read the book, “50 Shades of Gray” and I have not seen the movie.  I don’t much plan on either.  It simply does not appeal to me…

Critical reception of Fifty Shades of Grey has been generally negative…. with most critics noting poor literary qualities of the work.   Sir Salman Rushdie said about the book: “I’ve never read anything so badly written that got published. It made Twilight look like War and Peace.” Maureen Dowd described the book in The New York Times as being written “like a Bronte devoid of talent,” and said it was “dull and poorly written.”

So, beside the bad reviews…. it is not a big priority of mine to learn about other’s escapades.  At least those kind.

I mean, I always dislike when I see two people slobbering all over one another in public.  That old PDA…. Public Display of Affection.   Sidebar here:   I think displaying affection is just fine in public.  I think having the next closest thing to intercourse… right there on the corner of 5th & Elm… is not so okay.  Just my little opinion.  There is no right or wrong here.

And holy smokes … THAT was my whole point when I started writing.  Gray.  That entire middle value between black and white.  If fact, I think there are WAY more than 50 shades.

For any topic, subject, controversy, or opinion under the sun…  there is a big  gray area.  No Black.  No White.  That’s what I think, at least.

I think once people quit drawing lines in the sand, once they quit seeing things as this way OR that…  we might have a big chance of living on this ball all together… . as humans first… and everything else to follow.

But …. we all seem to be right.  It is clear cut.  Black and White.   And therein lies the problem.  I am right for sure.  Oh….  and so are you.  Until YOU think you are right about something that doesn’t jive with MY right thing.    And there goes that stinking line in the sand.

The Planetary “Big Agreement” is…. of course… some sort of Utopian Dream State.  It will most likely never happen without the entire human race experiencing some sort of elevated enlightened awareness.

But until then… perhaps… all of us can take the time to see a little more gray.  More than 50 shades.    All it takes is shining a little more light on the subject…. and from all different sides.  You will see amazing shadows… amazing shades of gray… but also tremendous highlights.

Or… you could just go see the movie.

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