Today, we begin the Monday Funday series. Mondays suck, so I will discuss one of the many things that makes me happy. Think of it as a blogtastic antidepressant. (This is gonna help me, too, since last week was spent dwelling on how much I and my future suck. It was like being locked in a room with High School Musical and a rusty spoon.)
Today’s topic:
#46 RAINBOWS
Yes, rainbows. Though this is as cheesy a choice as #22: SUNSHINE and #1: LOVE, it is the absolute truth that you cannot look at a rainbow without feeling happier than you were when you were not looking at it.
Perhaps you were driving your car or walking home from the grocery store. It’s been cloudy for the last week and you’re either thinking about how much gas went up or how all the junk food you bought is going to go to your hips.
Enter: RAINBOW. Some people are smiling and pointing at you. Whoops, not at you, you deduce after the awkward wave back. You turn around and there’s a vibrant, thick rainbow arching across the sky. A little bit of sun is out and it’s misting just light enough to feel magical. Contrasting against the dark sky, each colour band is bold and bright. All of them are there, the whole ROY G BIV they taught you in grade school. You remember those times, too. The rainbow stamp your grade 2 teacher put on your “AWESOME!” drawings. Maybe your kindergarten class had “R IS FOR RAINBOW” on the alphabet banner that hung above the chalkboard. And the Fisher Price xylophone, each key from red to violet.
This is a RAINBOW. They usually come as one, but sometimes appear in pairs. (Those who see interlocking rainbows should make a wish. It will come true. Try world peace next time.) You may decide to follow your rainbow to where it meets the ground. You may take a picture or ponder leprechauns. Or you may just sit there agape, parked at a green light. Well, let them honk. You’re witnessing one of those little things that randomly enter this world with the only purpose of making us happy. Soak it in, and smile for #46, the RAINBOW.