After I put it on, however, I realized my black shirt has one drawback; lint. As I looked down, I could see every single fiber that was attached to my beautiful black shirt, but which did not originate with it. I could see hairs, fibers from every other shirt I own, dryer lint, in fact every speck of a color lighter than black, which is all colors, was clinging to me and screaming out to the world, "Here I am!!"
I like being neat, so this bothered me. I mean I'm not a neat freak. I don't have to be perfect every time I leave the house. Mostly, I don't even bother to iron my shirts. But lint, unpolished shoes, and that sort of thing just bugs me. So, the lint on my shirt bugged me.
That's when the voice kicked in with some revelation. "It's because you're wearing black," he said. When you wear black the flaws stand out.
The same is true of our lives. When we wear black - a bad attitude, sadness, depression, etc. - the flaws stand out. Black has value. It's serious, stark, powerful; it's makes a statement. But we all have to be careful that black doesn't become our defining color. And remember, when you wear black, your flaws will be more visible.
