Somewhere over the Rainbow

When I see a rainbow I am left in awe. There is just something so magical about them. So you can imagine my delight to see this little piece of rainbow one moment and to have it burst forth from the clouds and show it’s true brilliance!
Hmmm….. Kind of like us when we let our true selves shine through…..

How many times have you learnt something about a friends past that makes you change your perspective of them? How often after hearing about their hopeful future endeavors have you thought perhaps they have missed the ‘special’ bus! Whether we want to admit it or not we are often times comfortable thinking of our acquaintances and loved ones as how ‘we’ see them with what we ‘know’ of them. Give too much history, future or truth and most would rather walk away from this ‘you just lost your marbles’ you than take the time to readjust their vision.

How much do we really ‘know’ about that person we meet for lunch? If I found out the ‘what’ was, would I too walk the other way? If I found out they wanted to build a ‘Faerie and Gnome Sanctuary’ would I too,  go running in the other direction screaming insanity? If they told me what they really thought would I give them the ‘ole what for’ and start the gossip party line? Or have I felt enough of that in my own life that I would take that extra moment and enjoy what is about to unfold with this wonderful being?

I know I have lost more than a few “friends” in my life when I have begun to allow myself to be me. Though I had always retreated back into the clouds, this time I will revel in the freedom of it all.

We all have our dark clouds, blankets that we try to hide behind…….but behind those clouds, I know, there is magic just waiting to be set free!...

Beyond all that was…. all that will be….Today is still today and I am still, always, me….