You can only see a rainbow where you are, when there’s sunlight that meets the rain moving away from you at the right angle. For the rainbow to be produced, it needs both sun and rain, just the way any recent human experience of victory over any obstacle is made by pain and joy. We take the rainbow for what it is – colorful, varied, absolutely out of the ordinary as in a newborn child. Beyond their imagination that a new human is made, parents, after all the hardships, will love the baby no matter what. They may even name the child red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo or violet!
Each Child is Like a Rainbow
Every child is unique, as all parents know. For some parents, taking children for what they are takes a lot of effort. Parents like to see themselves in their children; they may train them accordingly, yet the child remains an individual with distinct actions and reactions just like how varied the rainbow colors are. Understanding this reality and learning to appreciate one’s child ensue when parents communicate their own feelings and open the doors of self- expression to the child. Parental guidance and care advances the child to self-realization and self-respect. To parents, this may mean painstakingly revisiting their own childhood familiarity and reexamining as much as refitting their judgment of themselves, of others, and of the world in general.
The Rainbow Effect
After the storm and rain, the rainbow makes us all gay! Who isn’t?
Every child is a parent’s consolation, no matter what they have become. After a day’s hard work to earn, a child’s smile is enough to ease the fatigue. When there’s difficulty between husband and wife, a child could hold them together. In times of financial difficulty, a working child may come to the rescue. As parents age, a child may become an assuring balance. A child in these ways is heterogeneous, picturesque, and extraordinary. They might tell you of places you have never been, teach you to feel emotions you have never discerned before, understand truths that you have denied yourself to accept, make you cherish life deeply, and help you to become truly grateful for what you have in this life.
The Essence of Being Gay and Happy
The world we live in is constantly changing and we are transposed to reexplore it, lest we fail to remain humane. When people become more judgmental of others, we can be more introspective. If we think our children were less than what we expected, we can be more other-directed. In times that we are frustrated and disgusted over the use of technological advances along with mass media to exploit, abuse or maltreat individualities, we can help by never using negative symbolisms, destructing labels, and positivizing meanings that dehumanize and minimize human value.
As the ultimate product of our humanity, we all endeavor to be joyful and live life with glee. This, regardless of the seemingly insurmountable tasks ahead, the occasional ignorance and lapses, the onset of disability, fear and emotional blocks, and the impact of anger from and disappointment (over us) of the people we love. The key to being gay and happy is to be different as we all are; yes, being different is normal.
