Enjoying our coffee on this beautiful sunshine embossed morning, my husband and I were given the most beautiful gift of light. In the midst of talking about gratitude, a spectrum appeared on the carpet in front of us.
Vibrant and perfect, the display provided by the sun shining through the beveled mirror acted as a prism splitting the light into the spectral colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
As my Dr. Hubby (my own version of Bill Nye the science guy) began to use the spectacular rainbow on the carpet as a science refresher, my mind drifted to a rather inspiring analogy.
In our normal daily life, with our natural eyes we perceive light as a white beam. Except for the magical moments when a distant rain creates the perfect environment for a rainbow to appear, we live with the narrative of light simply being the absence of darkness.
Because we are currently living in this politically charged climate where various and sometimes competing narratives of America are often the point of discussion – the prism inspired me to think about us . . . we the people who call ourselves Americans.
If light were to refract off a universal mirror and allow us to see our true colors, what would we see? Who are we really?
I believe, like the colorful prism which appeared before us this morning, America in its truest form is a beautiful display of the diversity of humanity.
We are Native Americans, whose ancestors were the first to migrate across the Bering Strait and find a place to settle and flourish and call home.
We are Europeans fleeing tyranny to live better lives with new found freedoms and the ability to pursue hopes and dreams.
We are Africans once enslaved, who dared to have a dream of simple inclusion in our founding fathers vision “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
We are a collection of every race, every creed, every religion, every belief, every sexual orientation and every culture of the world that are joyous to sing “this is my country, land that I love.”
Of all the countries in the world, we are the most diverse display of all the colors of the rainbow shining from shore to shore.
If each of us would choose to see our fellow Americans through this prism, this single ray of light could give us a beautiful, more truth-filled perspective – changing forever the reflection we see in the mirror.
This article was written by a guest blogger. The opinions expressed here are those of the writer and do not reflect the opinions of Bob Lacey, Sheri Lynch or the Bob & Sheri show.
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Hello and welcome to The Zen Den. My name is Alison and while I am passionate about many things, my most inspiring driving force is human connection. Blogger, content writer, orthopedic exercise specialist, motivational speaker, international yoga pro, published songwriter, avid poker player, mom and wife are just a few of my titles. But when I do my job at NASA, I am known simply as “The Fairy Zenmother” a role I deeply love because people invite me into their space to help them find their center, relax and stretch their muscles and destress their mind. Here in the blogosphere version of The Zen Den, I invite you into my world where I will explore ideas for creating a better tomorrow and a kinder today. And hopefully, with insight, authenticity and humor; my words, observations and experiences will help you feel calm, centered, intellectually challenged and spiritually enlightened. Alternatively, if you have something you would like to see covered in The Zen Den, just let me know. Your feedback is welcome and valuable to the success of this blog. Finally, my heart is filled with gratitude to have this opportunity to share with all of you.
