Dear You (which starts with “Y” like the color yellow starts with “Y”),
Today, I’m talking directly to you. I’m not sure why it hit me in this way, but I wanted to direct you to the color yellow. I don’t know what yellow means to you if anything. Most of us, when we hear the word, think of something related to that word.
So yellow might be a banana for you. Or your favorite pair of canary socks.
For me, it is the color of my bedroom on 134 E. Bruce Avenue, when I was growing up. I shared that small room with two sisters. And the walls were yellow yellow. Since I mentioned the banana, it was banana yellow.
Eventually, there were just two of us sharing that space. And then, finally, just me. I think that happened in my tenth year or so. It would be three more years before that room was painted. A light blue.
Regardless. That’s what I think of when I think of yellow. That room with my sisters.
But yellow means something different to you. Maybe it was the name of your first dog. Or the color of your first car. Perhaps your bridesmaids wore yellow.
Yellow is a lot of things. A vibrant and cheerful color that is often associated with sunshine and warmth. On the other hand, its brightness is one of its main attributes. That is why it’s commonly used for traffic signs, caution tape, and other safety-related items.
Defining its actuality, we know that yellow is the color between green and orange in the spectrum, a primary subtractive color complementary to blue.
So. While I’m still talking directly to you, yellow means something different for all of us.
And this, my friend, is true for every single thing on this planet. Bacon, to you, might immediately evoke the taste of a BLT with extra mayo on white bread. But for the next person, bacon might be their next big fat paycheck. Or Kevin’s last name.
The same goes for gasoline, spirituality, basketball, Donald Trump, and ice cream.
Each of those things conjures a different picture in our minds. It comes to us because of our past experiences and our genetic makeup. Our world looks different to you than it does to me. So, as we move through our lives and experiences with others, we should always keep this in mind. The Yellow Principle. We’re looking at the same, and we’re seeing things differently.
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We are all fingers on the same hand. We may not look alike, but we are all needed. — Ralphie May
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If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking. — George S. Patton
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We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike. — Blaise Pascal
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Well, yellow there everybody.
