Chase rainbows

Make time to marvel at the natural world

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
tip is to pause and marvel at the natural beauty
around you. Whenever you get a chance. Even better, you

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can rally the people around you to do the same.
Doing so can make an ordinary moment extraordinary. I know
most people listening to this podcast are very busy, but
however busy you are, there is something awe inspiring about
a rainbow. Most of us don't see these daily, so

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if you do see one, acknowledge it. If you're at
a parking lot, you can wait a minute before getting
in your car. If you see one out your office window,
you can stop before going back to what you are doing.
You can also mention it to the people who are
near you. Joe, Jill, check out the rainbow you can
see from Doug's window. Honestly, you can even tell strangers

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to that friendly looking person giving in the civic across
the way. You could say, hey, did you see that
double rainbow? Experiencing awe together is the basis of most religions.
You may or may not practice a traditional religion, but
you can tap into that same experience by gawking a nature,

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do it with others, and you are all in a
grand cathedral together. So if there is an exciting lightning storm,
gather your family on the porch if it is safe,
and admire the beauty and power. If there is an
amazing sunset while you're waiting for the bus, say oh wow,
look at that. No doubt the other people waiting for

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the bus will look up and take a glance too.
No need to take it beyond that if people just
want to be in their own little worlds or with
their headphones. But there is also no reason to just
silently observe, observe and share. A big full moon could
inspire you to point it out to others at a restaurant.

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I am grateful that someone in line with me at
an amusement park once pointed out Jupiter in the night sky.
Several of us stood there and looked at the bright light,
so clear there was no mistaking it, and we could
marvel at how the planet was so many millions of
miles away and yet we could see it. There are

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always a million things to do, but pausing to marvel
doesn't take much time, and it can introduce a moment
of transcendence into an ordinary day that wasn't a normal
rainy day bus ride, that was a bus ride with
a rainbow. Finding the sublime in day to day life

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makes time more than what it is. Any given moment
could be something more in the meantime. This is Laura.
Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of
our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at
Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a
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