Roy G Biv

Today I saw a rainbow. Have I ever told you how much I love rainbows? I love em. Today it was rather dark and a bit gloomy and it hadn't even rained that much so I wasn't expecting a rainbow. Then out of nowhere I look out and see it, this purely wonderful rainbow. Everything went up hill after the rainbow. The clouds shifted to only cover half of the sky, the sun came out in full force, and I was happy.

Have you ever stopped to realize the wonder of a rainbow? I think we take them for granted. Imagine telling someone who had never seen one before that an arc of every wonderful perfectly complementary color appears in the sky for our viewing pleasure. And get this it's completely natural you just mix rain and sun! I don't know about you but I would either call that person a lunatic or make it my life long quest to see a rainbow. Now imagine telling them that sometimes there are double rainbows....I'm not even going to imagine what would happen then :)

My point is that whether it be rainbows or the wagging tail of my dog, I take a lot of things for granted and I bet you do too. Let's face it, unless it's Thanksgiving when do we think on all of the things we are grateful for and truly give thanks for them. If you do it daily of even once a month then bravo to you. But I think those of us that don't, are missing out. Active gratitude can have such a positive affect on your life. Just for today try to participate in an act of gratitude. Tell someone you are thankful for them, tell mother nature you are thankful for her, make a list of things you are thankful for, or just sit for a minute and fill your mind with the wonderful things in your life and say, "thank you". Now rinse and repeat, as often as you'd like. I don't think you'll regret it.

Today I am thankful for: coffee, glue sticks (those things are genius!), good music, my sweet dog, fresh air, the moon, my best friend, my mother, water, open minded people, laughter along with the ability to laugh at myself, pictures, my ukulele, good books, and rainbows.

p.s. one more cool thing about rainbows Roy G. Biv is a saying to remember the colors of the rainbow in order of longest to shortest wavelength. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Great now you'll never forget the colors of the rainbow even when you can't see one! Oh, I'm thankful for that.

The beginning

So I'm starting a blog.  I wouldn't say I'm necessarily a writer nor have I ever kept up a journal for more than a few months at a time.  So this blog is a journey, a quest, a challenge if you will.  I have just seen the movie Julie and Julia in which the charming Amy Adams stars a blog  to add meaning to her hum-drum daily life (also to share her cooking experiment and love of Julia Child).  I'm not committing to something crazy like that simply I am challenging myself to spew a daily or weekly thought onto this site, a story, a quote, a song, a bowel movement, anything that created a train of thought I enjoyed and someone else might too!  Furthermore I have started reading Jason Mraz's wonderful blog again, freshnessfactorfivethousand.bogspot.com just in time for his ingenious and totally inspiring 2010 to do list, because who needs a resolution anyway?  His beautiful words and joy for life erupting from my computer screen makes me smile and that in itself is enough to make me want to do the same for someone else. 

In general I have been finding out about all this cool stuff going on that of course has an equally cool website to go with it, like freewheelinfarm.com and ilyb.org, and I suddenly have this overwhelming need to be a part of this new frontier of creative thought.  I want to be cool too!  is basically what it comes down to. So here's to hoping someone thinks I'm cool or even better that someone feels the need to release their own creative sprit.  

And that universe is the beginning.