Black, White And Grey

When I was a child things were simple and easy, there was predominantly just two colors Black and White. 

All the bad things meant Black(fortunately or unfortunately this is my fav color till day).

All the good things were White, as pure as White and plain as milk.

However as i grew up i realized that there is no pure black and white in the world, it is always Grey, a mixture of both just like Yin Yang.

When we were kids, my brother and me weren't given any pocket money, and when we wanted something we simply asked our parents, however asking was simple and easy, not the getting part.

We had to justify why we need it, what we  needed and why we think we deserved it.

As i was growing up and changing from a timid girl to an Adult, i started meeting lot of people with different personalities and traits, and everyone was different and had different perspective about things. I started to take this concept and slowly understood that there is no pure black and white and there are lot of shades of grey. 

Whatever you tell or do will be interpreted according to the other person's understanding. 

As a kid, I would study hard, not just because I wanted to but because I enjoyed the praise and the gifts that came along with good grades. My hard work was definitely white but my ego and greediness for the goodies after the result added tinges of black to it, making it grey. 

This then leaves with me a thought that, nothing and noone in life is pure black or pure white, again it is about the perspectives, the situations and the upbringing.... 

When a little child brings a flower for their parents from a store with their pocket money, the parents are incredibly happy. However, if the same child picks the flower up from a garden where they aren’t supposed to pick flowers, they are scolded for it. The child’s intention is the same in both cases but the reaction they get for it differs. Why does it differ? Is it because the actions and intentions were different or the consequences after the action was different that makes it more black or white. 

Before you do something, ask yourself if it black, white or grey and Why? 

Also ask yourself does the same color apply to others too or are you being biased to yourself and your folks. 

Nandini Mithun