My lessons on grief from a rainbow
May 30, 2007 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Grief
It has been raining today and as I look out of the window I can see a beautiful rainbow. It made me think….
The rain is like our grief. Our tears flow and flow, our outlook feels dark with no sign of relief.
The rainbow is like our journey. It is a bridge to the future. The grief has caused us to change, it has brought out different emotions, different experiences that has caused us to grow as a human being, just like the array of colours in the sky.
The pot of gold is like our hope. We hope that with time we will find a new happiness, a new life. In reality 
our life is new now because it has already has changed. We start to cope with our grief when we realise there is no magic formula, there is no pot of gold….there is an arc of pain that we need to go through to find the sunshine again.
Rainbows are a sign that there has been rain…but they are also a sign that the worst is over. Maybe we should all put a picture of a rainbow in our homes, to remind ourselves that happiness is on it’s way….
Anna,
Thank you so much for submitting this post to the !Visualize Possibilities! Blog Carnival. What I love about your article is your invitation that we accept the process of grief, certainly an important part of creating a world that works.
Denial of grief is one of the leading causes of strife today, I feel. Cheer up is not always helpful advice. Sometimes the best thing to do is roll around in it all you can.
And then the rainbow…
Heather Flanagan
Cultural Visionary
http://www.VisualizePossibilities.com
I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I try and write with hope and by helping others I hope to gain comfort for myself. I will go and check out your website now!
I’m here via http://www.joysoriano.com . . . lovely post. Excellent comparisons and certainly full of hope.
Lessons on grief from a rainbow is a lovely observation. I believe it is a very true one. I believe that like a child experiences growing, to gain height and maturity, our souls experience growing pains too when we experience death, loss, etc. While it is difficult to endure, our souls do grow and we become more aware, more evolved and more compassionate.
Christina
What wonderful words…our souls do grow through both the good and the bad times. I agree that if we see these times as growth rather than times to endure..we do learn more about ourselves. Thank you so much for adding to the ideas…I so appreciate other peoples views
Anna