I Live in the Gray (Grey) World

 Welcome to the other blog associated with our trip.  I've been thinking at night, when I should be sleeping, solving the world's problems.  It is silly for me to spend all that time thinking if I am the only one who gets the benefit of all those thoughts.  Having been given a platform, and the possibility of a small audience I have decided to spend some time ruminating on topics that intrigue me.  I will keep it separate from our trip blog and you are welcome to join me on this journey if you wish.  It is meant to be a thoughtful look at our world and an attempt at discourse in a place where listening and thinking has all but disappeared.

You see, I still live in a gray world.  I inhabit this space willingly.  In the grey world, there are not clear answers.  There is not just one way to do things.  Just like the spelling of gray, there may be more than one right way to accomplish something. 

Many people do not like the gray space I inhabit.  They prefer the world of black and white.  Have you ever wondered why it's not "white and black?"  One right answer.  My way or the highway.  The people with other ideas are the enemy.  They should be vilified because they don't agree with us.  

It is easier to inhabit the world of white and black because the answers are clear, and they are the answers that prove who is right.  My side is clearly superior because we hold all the correct answers.  Because we are so obviously the ones with the right ideas we can bully, attack, belittle, castigate, disparage, denigrate, minimize, trivialize, ridicule, and dismiss people who hold different ideas.  

I'm sorry, but that sort of approach is unacceptable. We are all in this together.  This blog is going to post the ideas and thoughts of one person living in the grey part of the world.  No bullet points or talking points here.  Some of it will be political.  Some will not.  Hopefully the posts will give you food for thought and a little entertainment.

Comment if you wish.

Enjoy.