“You’re nasty and you’re loud,
you’re mean enough for two,
If I could be a cloud,
I’d rain all day on you.”
― Jack Prelutsky
“Women think of all colors except the absence of color.
I have said that black has it all.
White too.
Their beauty is absolute.
It is the perfect harmony.”
― Coco Chanel
“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
Be the living expression of God’s kindness:
kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”
― Mother Teresa
(red spotted purple butterfly enjoys the blueberry blossoms / Julie Cook / 2016)
Remember when black was all the rage?
The glamorous ones like Audrey Hepburn and Coco Channel made it chic.
It was touted as being…
Slimming
Elegant
Vogue
Classic
Yet eventually there were those who found it…
Boring
Passe
Drab
Dull
New colors vied for Black’s coveted spot at the top
Orange
Green
Brown
Neons
Yet black aways managed to have staying power..
Just ask the French…
For it is….
Timeless
Powerful
Dignified
Stylish
Black is now…
The standard
The benchmark
The gauge
The arcehtype
So imagine how…
Kindness,
Compassion,
Empathy,
Charity,
Mercy,
Each are now feeling as they see how Mean and Meanness are vying for the top…
As in the constant barage of headlines around the globe…
Beaten
Shot
Stabbed
Tasered
Robbed
Humiliated
Tortured
Raged
Cursed
Sprayed
Belittled
Bullied
Maligned
Hated
It matters not the color…
As all colors are now victims of the new black…
Mean…
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
1 Peter 2:1-3
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