My Two-Cents: Rainbows
The other day my friends and I were driving out of the city after the rain had cleared and we stumbled upon a rainbow. One of them remarked, “I feel like I never see rainbows anymore. I used to see them all the time.” The other replied – “Maybe it’s because we stopped looking.”
Fucking deep. Fucking deep man. Are there really fewer rainbows around nowadays? Probably not. They’re still there, hanging out, a pot of gold waiting to be found. Or since I’m older now, I’m hoping it’s a pot of cold Michelob Ultra ;) But regardless of what’s in the pot, (I’m really not picky, Coors would work too.) we’ll never find it if we’re too busy to look around for rainbows. If we forget to dance in the rain. If we take too many whiskey shots and squander the night away playing Wii Bowling (it only happened once this summer).
I can’t help but think that the most beautiful things are right in front of our eyes. Or in my case, since I’m a prissy iPad kid, my blue light glasses. There are rainbows all around, but we grow up and forget to look. Forget to enjoy our morning coffee. Forget to enjoy a phone call from a friend. Forget to enjoy getting the daily Wordle text from college friends. And the laughable sarcastic comment from a stranger in the elevator.
They’re here, they’re there, they’re every fucking where! They’re in that kick-ass Rolling Stone song – “She’s a Rainbow.” That song gets even better if you watch the Ted Lasso episode that features it. They’re in my morning coffee and Trader Joe’s overnight oats. They often follow the rain that leaves us drenched. We just have to make sure we don’t spend too much time inside drying off and accidentally miss them. They color all the little good moments you find easy to forget – like nighttime walks and weekly cribbage matches. Speaking of weekly cribbage matches – my competitor (not friend, competitor, since you’re reading this Cole) and I prattled about all the things you can do to waste your time this past week. If we really wanted, we could make a whole list. It’s quite daunting. Unfortunately, I do not have time for daunting shit. This is why I concluded that the only true way to waste your time is to overlook rainbows.
