Why are there so many songs about rainbows?

"Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear."

If you live in Florida, you know that on any typical summer day we are going to get some type of afternoon rain shower. Sometimes the showers are short lived, other times they seem to hover over us...pounding us with rain, lightning and thunder (and they usually strike about 5 pm just as we are getting ready to drive home from work!)

We also know that after these summer showers, we have a pretty good chance of seeing a rainbow in all its colorful glory! There is something magical about rainbows! Remember being told as a kid that there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

Rainbows and life have a lot in common. As the quote we selected suggests, life really is like a rainbow. It takes the right combination of sunshine and rain to create a rainbow, and in life we have need a combination of joyful times and challenging times to appreciate the wonder and beauty of our lives.

Have you ever noticed that after you go through a rough patch in life, almost knowingly something wonderful happens to make you appreciate all that we went through to get where you are?

Rainbows are signs that the storms are ceasing, the sky's is brightening, and the magic is about to happen!

So, why are there so many songs about Rainbows? Maybe because Rainbows give us hope for a brighter tomorrow!