Life's Little Tragedies #4: Someday we'll find it...

Isn't it amazing how a lot of the little things that happen to us on a daily basis can be such a metaphor for life in general?

I was in the break room during break at work today, and it was raining outside. All of a sudden, the sun started coming out, and a rainbow appeared. First of all, I don't see rainbows all the time anymore. I can't even remember the last time I saw one, to be perfectly honest. Whenever and wherever they occur, I'm usually in the house or at work, safe from the storm, and never seem to be able to make myself take the time to gaze out the window to take in the beauty of a summer storm and its after-effects...in this case, the miracle of a rainbow. I do remember seeing rainbows in the past, of course. In fact, I'm a big fan of anything with lots of color in it. I guess this is where the metaphors start to kick in, because I seem to subconsiously seek out things with many colors or spectrums, to brighten up the grayness that's been my life.

Anyway...this rainbow out the break room window at work was the brightest, most colorful rainbow I can recall seeing, and I ran to my locker to get my camera. (Yes, I carry a camera with me. You never know when a photo-op will present itself. "Be prepared" isn't just a Boy Scout motto...it's a way of life.) I raced outside to snap a picture, and wouldn't you know it, lo and behold, the rainbow was gone.

I missed it.

I was very dejected, to see the least, and in an instant the metaphor presented itself to me like a dead relative to James Van Pragh:

In the bleakness that is our lives, good things come but once in a great while, and they are indeed fleeting. Be quick to take advantage of these moments and opportunities, for they will surely pass you by without a thought. Take the time to stand and face the dark skies, and capture that rainbow when it appears.

Just make sure your thumb isn't over the lens when you snap it. (Now that's a profound metaphor!)

;-)