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Just Accept It

July 15, 2013
By jblackmon10 BRONZE, Birmingham, Alabama
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A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

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Hate and violence reign over the people of this world
And shroud the very thing we call existence.
People seem to only think of the black and white
But where is the gray that occupies the back of our minds?
Is it that we are afraid of the hate and violence
That arises when the smallest shade of grey reaches another’s ear’s eye?
Forget about the violent grip of hate for a moment
And take that step into the threshold of acceptance.
Accept that we are all different and have a spectrum of ideas
And allow those ideas to flourish despite your personal preferences.
We should be as one, but are divided by our flaws as humans.
Let us on this day disregard all that is black and white
And just accept the grey that this color wheel of ours presents to us.

© Alex B., Bethesda, MD

The author's comments:
This world we live in is forever changing, but people fail to accept that change. At the first sight of it, hate, anger, and violence are the first things to arise. I just want people to learn to accept each other without violently reacting first.
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Zolenz DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 24 2013 at 6:37 pm
Zolenz DIAMOND, Musquodoboit Harbour, NS, Other
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I've thought about the grey before. its everywhere.