Chasing Rainbows: Finding Hope After the Storm

There’s something about a rainbow that stops us in our tracks.



It’s fleeting, fragile, and yet utterly captivating a splash of colour stretching across the sky, reminding us that even the heaviest of storms can give way to something beautiful.

In many ways, healing is like chasing rainbows.
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The Storm
When life throws us into grief, trauma, or hardship, it can feel like the storm will never end. The clouds hang low, the rain pours down, and the weight of it all feels unrelenting. In these moments, hope can seem impossible. It’s easy to believe the light will never break through.

But storms are part of nature, just as struggles are part of being human. They don’t erase the possibility of brighter skies, they just make it harder to see them in the moment.

The Rainbow
Rainbows don’t happen without rain. The very thing that feels heavy and overwhelming is also what makes the rainbow possible. In the same way, our most difficult experiences often create space for growth, connection, and resilience.

Hope doesn’t mean denying pain or pretending everything is fine. It’s about trusting that something can come after. That the storm won’t last forever. That colours will return, even if they look different than before.

Chasing Hope
We may not be able to control when or how the rainbow appears, but we can choose to keep looking for it. Hope can be found in the smallest of places:

• A kind word when you needed it most
• A moment of laughter in the middle of tears
• The courage to take one more step, even when it feels impossible

These small flashes of colour are reminders that light still exists.
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After the Storm
When the rainbow finally comes into view, it doesn’t erase the storm that came before. The grief, pain, or struggle is still part of the story. But the rainbow reminds us that beauty and hardship can coexist—that life is never just one thing.

Healing doesn’t mean forgetting the storm. It means learning to carry its memory while still allowing ourselves to be open to colour, light, and new beginnings.
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If you’re in the middle of a storm right now, hold on. Your rainbow may not be here yet, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t coming. And when it does, it will be all the more precious because of what you’ve endured.
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