Amazing Grace

"Cliche," has a bad connotation for me. As a writer, I try not to fall back on standard cliches, but I just went back to my dictionary and it just says: "a true expression or idea." So, sometimes we are left with a series of cliches, and we are reminded that although we are unique, we are not alone in our uniqueness, and the experiences and feelings that pass through us, have passed through many others before us. This gives us a knowledge of our shared experiences, which are hard to express, so when we express them, they sound reductive or cliche. Sometimes the truth, rings false. We are crucified by paradox. We need langauge to help us see clearly. We must be careful that the truth does not blind us, that our language does not obscure a world of simple truths.