Wednesday 4 March 2009

The Beauty Of A Rainbow.

It's strange, isn't it? The rainbow,I mean. Who would have thought , seven different colors sticking together could look so beautiful. But there it is. We all love the rainbow. Watching my daughter play in school, I was struck by a thought. There was a Chinese , an African, an Indian, a Pakistani , a British , a Russian and a Bangladeshi child all playing together.How colorful they looked! The perfect rainbow.

They didn't mind the difference in color or form or height. They just played with an abandon that would put to shame the countries they came from. Why can we not be like them? So many lessons these children could teach us. If only we took them seriously.

Remember, the story goes that at the end of the rainbow lies a pot of gold. If we could all just live together in peace and harmony , I think we would all reach that pot of gold. The rainbow is beautiful because the colors togeather form a band (of trust?) across the sky.

As I speak about the rainbow my daughter chirps," Momma , why don't we see the rainbow more often?"
Good question,don't you think so?

2 comments:

  1. really , why can't we stick together in peace like that beautiful rainbow up in the sky...i know why, bcause we r grown up people and when we think and conclude to something we do it by our own perception, our thought follows the way we want to think and we are the servant of our own mind but those sweet little children are not . their heart are not touched as yet by the dusty atmosphere outside.so they still hold in them the beautiful colours of rainbow.

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  2. Unfortunately, we have to travel outside India to see such a beautiful rainbow as the one you saw. But atleast you saw it.... In our own country why does it get so difficult to find a perfect rainbow? Why do all the cast and creed, superior Brahmins and inferior ones, Hindu or Christian or Muslim come up? When will I see my rainbow?
    Tutu

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