There are about 76 shades of the color blue.

There are about 75 shades of the color green.

There are about 445 shades of the red, and still rising.

There are also several variant shades of black and any other color you can think of.

So why is this important?

Well, it can give you some insight in to perspective.

There’s a great likelihood that you and I experience a color differently when we see it. So when we describe a color to each other and we don’t agree, it’s not that either one of is wrong, it’s just that we’re experiencing a different reality.

Although on a macro level our brains seem to process reality in a similar manner, on a micro level we are all very different. The macro level allows us to co-exist and agree on certain things, like stopping at red lights for example. But on a micro level we are all experience reality with a just a shade of difference.

Most of the time a slight difference in processing reality is not a problem, except or until there’s a disagreement or an encroachment on strongly held beliefs. Then we just can’t understand why people can’t see things our way.

And that’s why I started out with the facts about the colors.

The next time you’re in a disagreement with someone and you find yourself at a stalemate, or about to accuse them of not being able to understand your position, realize that you might just be right. They might not be able to see your facts because that’s not how they see the world. Their entire perspective is different from yours.

So rather than attempting to badger or sway them to agree with you, understand that their shades of reality are indeed, and perhaps will always be different.

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