The Gray Area

     Most people want their food not too hot and not too cold.  In class we discussed whether we'd want people to never acknowledge that correct pronunciation of our names or to know the correct way, but not to say it.  And in my book, Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard, the main character Emma doesn't know if she'd rather have a family who is always pestering her about her whereabouts, or a family that doesn't care at all.  These things make me think about how maybe a perfect life lies in what some refer to as the "gray area."

     I think about this because of the many needs that people all around the world have.  For example, those who have overprotective parents may wish for them to be more carefree, while those with unsupportive, uncaring families may wish for overprotective parents.  These types of things make me envision a ball bouncing back and forth between the two sides.  But maybe, the person who lives their life in the gray area where the parents are lenient but still care a lot about their child will wish for nothing more from their family.  This gray area in the middle just seems like a safe haven for life.  There is nothing too much or too little.  Another example of this is in my book, is how the main character Emma first lived in the life of poverty and foster care.  Back then, all she wished for was money and a family.  But now that she has that, she seems to be overwhelmed with trying to deal with the stuck up rich friends of hers and the family that loves her, but often points out her flaws.  In conclusion, I have realized a pattern with having too much or too little.  I think that everyone, including those who appear to have everything, can find something wrong with what they have.  That is why, I think that the gray area, or the place in between having too much or too little would most likely be the area where complaint is at its minimum.  It's a place where the person doesn't really have everything, and yet, they do.