Joke

According to writer, Jerry Chin, "When it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. For without the rain, there would be no rainbow."

Every now and then, our daily existence may experience an unexpected storm of circumstances that pelts us with torrential rain, bolts of lightning and claps of thunder. And more often than not, it usually occurs on those days when we forgot to bring an umbrella.

Sometimes our spirits are dampened by these occasional showers of relationship, work or life issues. And just when it seems as if the dark clouds will never blow over, the sun finally breaks through and shines its rays of hope, encouragement and peace.

Whenever you find yourself weathering a professional, personal or emotional storm, look to the heavens and seek enlightenment. For it is only after overcoming life's heaviest rainfalls that we are truly able to appreciate the phenomenal appearance of the rainbow as it arches its brilliant colors across the sky.

Country entertainer and actress, Dolly Parton, explains it best when she so eloquently stated, "If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with a little rain."

© 2002 - Tamela Meredith Partridge