Commuter Series #1: The Rainbow

This is the first post in my new Commuter series. I live about an hour and a half (depending on traffic!) from where I work which of course gives me lots of time to think in the morning and the evenings. I wanted to share some of these conversations I have with myself - I figure someone might find them interesting! Plus it will make me look like less of a crazy person if I have the conversation you instead of just dealing with my own inner monologue.

This morning did not start out the way I wanted it to. I woke up mad at the world. Well actually, I was mad at myself for not going to bed when I should have. Curse my night owl tendencies!

Anyway, I woke up later than I should have which caused me to rush around my house like Crash Bandicoot going through my morning routine. Lunch was a slapdash mess and brushing my hair was very low on the priority totem pole. I finally got into the car and remembered my gas tank was dangerously close to E.

Oh, and it was raining. It’s always raining on these kinds of days isn’t it?

Not even 7 AM and my day was going down the toilet. I’m pretty sure there was a stormy cloud - complete with angry eyebrows and little lightning bolts - floating above my head. I’m talking the physical embodiment of the word brooding. So I’m in my car stressing over the fact that I might be late for work when something tells me to look to my left. I literally did a double take and said “WOW” - outloud! The biggest brightest rainbow was slicing through the grey sky.

Suddenly, I was so grateful for the fact that I was stopping and getting out of car. If all of those bad things hadn’t happened to me, I probably would have seen the rainbow, but I wouldn’t have had the time to stop and appreciate it.

Sometimes it’s hard to see the good in a situation when you’re so surrounded by or are focused on what is going wrong. I am always quick to focus on the bad, but I’m happy there are moments to remind me to stop and focus on the good that is happening, too. I could have let my bad morning just permeate into a bad day. But I felt like the universe had given me a little gift. And to be honest, it would be ungrateful of me to throw that gift away.

Don’t forget to appreciate the beauty in life even when you’re having a crappy day. And if you’re too focused on your own problems, the universe might just shove a rainbow in your face.

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