First people think the grey zone as being something bad. They think of it as a pinch of freedom, I mean you're out of the dark zone and you're heading to the good zone, but you're not there yet. An example of this is; being at a beach but you have the rule of not swimming for thirty minutes after eating so you just step your toes in so you don't get a cramp. You get a taste of the water and you just want to go in more and swim and enjoy yourself in the hot summer. That's the grey zone something you can see and touch but can't have at the moment because you're not done with the dark zone yet. You are almost there you're so close to the finish line but you have to wait. Wait for the better things to come, wait for the thirty minutes before you can go in, wait for the light to come in. Some people see the grey zone as the waiting zone.
Others see it as the accomplished but not yet finished zone. When you are younger you have to take an art class. When you try to paint and you don't want to use red instead you want to use pink but there's not any, what do you do? You have to make it. You use a bunch of white and a drop or two of red. Then you make pink. You have more of the good zone in you than the bad zone. You have accomplished things. You've lived, yes you've made mistakes but you didn't let the darkness consume you. You have more of the brighter light in you. It's not a inch of freedom. Instead it's all freedom and the darkness is still there but it doesn't have to be if you won't let it.
Nobody has a life of all good or all bad. They have "their days". Meaning they have good and bad days. No one is perfect. No one can always be in the white or black zone. They will have their days in both and that is okay. "Everybody wants happiness nobody wants pain, but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain." In order to have one thing you have to have the other.
There has to be a grey zone because you can't just have a good day and then have a bad day. Or vice versa. If someone is having a bad day and think that life is rough it takes them a couple days to recover and then become happy again. It's a process not something that just happens over an hour.
Grey zones can be seen differently with a negative or positive connotation but there is a grey zone. Either way you look at it, it is success. You have moved on from the black zone and heading to the white zone. You are away from the darkness and going to the light. If you think you are still in darkness you are right. If you think you are consumed by the light you are right. Both are correct and that's why the grey zone is horrid and wonderful all at the same time.
