Grey: A Short Story

Grey. Everyone has something that they never want to become. Mine takes the color of ink from a pen which has become virtually useless, thanks to its dried contents. My mind works in greyscale, doomed to the arbitrary, as questions which plague the universe with meaning hover barely beyond my reach. For if we neglect issues greater than this world, a part of us will die, and we spend our existence on this revolving globe as a shell, grey and faded as our thread runs out. Therefore, an ongoing struggle to think and live with meaning has become a defining part of me, shaping my priorities and actions as nothing else. To narrow it down, a primary pivotal moment in my life took place as I realized how shallow my perspective and thoughts have become, …show more content…
When I saw myself drowning in a sea of white noise, I began to appreciate how pointless life became when I looked to only myself and those around me. Reactively, I began to view God anew as the only hope and truth, and to seek to know Him far more fervently. How can one truly abide in God unless they know the horrors He saves us from? So comes the need to delve into introspection, that I may know and love my God with greater depth, for He only brings salvation, purpose and truth. Coming to face with the desert of my sinful mind drove me to see how desperately I must search after and know God in order to live with purpose, as He …show more content…
In addition, it motivates me to cultivate my thoughts and emotions by pouring them into art, and prompts me to spend my time and energy distributing a message beyond anything I could ever accomplish. Introspective thought plays a crucial part in finding purpose and meaning by serving as a tool to keep our relationship with God and our way of life from becoming shallow and superfluous. I desire to never become grey and passively give in to my brain's attempts to starve itself, to never simply let my mind sleep, and roll with the stampede of people who race towards a cliff of ignorance. For, if I stop fighting, I will drift down current and away from my God, the only true hope and salvation for my sinful