Dark Clouds and Rainbows

I woke up to the soothing sound of early morning November rain. And so I laid there on my bed, under warm covers, hugging my pillow and thinking how much love there is in my life. I used to wake up sad when it's raining outside. But now that I've found the love of my life, I wake up everyday feeling happy and contented. It no longer matters whether it's warm and sunny or cold and dreary outside.

Dark cl0uds loomed from the East as I drove on 88O to picked up some lansones from the Filipino store in Newark. I picked up a friend and on our way back to her house, dark, ominous clouds covered the eastern sky. They were so dark they almost looked scary.

And as I looked at the dark clouds I thought of a long-lost friend who found me on friendster today. Her friendster message sounded gloomier than all those dark clouds combined. I grew up with this girl but the truth is, we've never been that close. But there she was on Friendster, looking for me and she said she wished we could be best friends - like the way I was with her cousin.

She said there had been too many changes in her life - a baby, a recent break-up, single motherhood, unemployment. But she's thankful for each breath and that with each breath she struggles to find the strength to keep on living.

I glanced at those dark clouds again as the setting sun casted it's glowing rays on them and a beautiful rainbow formed against it. Yes, a colorful rainbow against ugly, black clouds. It was a stark but beautiful contrast.

So I crossed my finger for my friend that she may find that beautiful contrast during the most difficult moment of her life. May she realize that the reason we can appreciate the beauty of life is because we have seen the bad.