Why "Rainbows Happen"?
Rainbows Happen is a response to the well known phrase "Crud Happens" that you often see on people's car
windows. (It's actually cruder than that, but you probably know what I'm talking about.)
To be honest with you,
even though the phrase is crude, I don't disagree with it. Losing someone you love or becoming seriously ill
or injured tends to reinforce the idea that Crud does indeed happen.
But what I've learned from so many
people struggling in situations such as yours is that as bad as those situations are, the problem isn't really
in the fact that Crud happens. The problem that cripples us emotionally and spiritually is when we refuse to
come to grips with that Crud and when we refuse to see anything but the Crud.
When we forget that Rainbows
Happen and that, in fact, we can create our rainbows, we lose our spirit.
This is not fantasy talk
I've seen many people who have lost their way and many people who have discovered their rainbows in the midst
of very rough times.
One of my dearest friends, who I have written a couple of books with, was given
six months to live approximately thirty years ago, and she is still doing fine.
When she was first
diagnosed, she had a three year old and was seven months pregnant with twins. As weird as this might sound,
the fact that she is still living is not the point I am making. Of course she, her family, and I are glad
about that, but you know and I know that at some point we are all going to die.
Its not about living forever,
it's about living with quality
She used to say that those illnesses might have the power to kill her,
but she wasn't going to let them ruin her day. She was determined to live a quality life no matter how long
it was. Sometimes that meant asking for help and support when she got down and scared. Sometimes she was
helping out her friends who were down and scared.
After an illness or injury or loss we are all faced with
choices that will help us move through this difficult time or push us backwards into an area of bitterness,
anger, and default.
As hard as it may seem to believe, you are ultimately responsible for whether you
become more alive and share that aliveness with others on their quest.
I will try to help you on this
journey as best I can with what I have learned from others who have gone before you.
Dr. Scott Sheperd, Ph.D.
P.O. Box 724
Sylvania OH 43560
Phone: (419) 475–4528
Scott@RainbowsHappen.com
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