Life is lived on a spectrum, and never on the extremes, so why look at it in only black and white? It is in the places where these extremes meet, does life really happen. Take some time to breathe, see the negative and positive spaces of life and how the black and white mingle within them to create stark contrasts or subtle beauty. Just like when the whites of love and forgiveness fluidly move into the blacks of anger and resentment, lives change and so do canvases. Sometimes you may be the fire, burning bright and beautiful, but there are days when you slither away like the cold moon on a cloudless night wishing you could hide your dazzling glow. Between these two extremes life begins and ends; within these extremes one must find both meaning and purpose. Within these two extremes, one must find beauty and serenity – balance of the beautiful shades of gray.