The Rainbow Maker

We all know that rainbows appear magically when sunshine follows rain, just as we know there’s a pot of gold to be found at the end of each rainbow, if you are intrepid enough to look for it!

Then last weekend, I encountered the rainbow maker, at a window facing East. I now know that the best way to wake up on a sunny holiday morning is watching rainbows dancing along walls and ceilings. The morning rays of sunshine pass through chiseled crystal, refracting and bending at different angles, separating into glorious bands of color.

Even the most ordinary, innocuous, white light has this potential. It just takes a special prism to do its magic and release the spectrum that resides within. Now, if each of us could only find our prism…

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