Why does spotting a rainbow always lift the spirits? Perhaps it is because it is a glimmer of multi-coloured beauty bursting out of a rainy spell – impossible to manufacture and utterly spellbinding to observe. A rainbow symbolises light, beauty and things getting brighter. But we don’t have to wait for the rarity of a rainbow. Glimmers are the tiny moments of joy, peace and beauty that surround us all the time… if we are in the mindset to see them.
A glimmer may be the autumn light landing on a crimson leaf that stubbornly clings onto a November branch. It may be the sound of your friend’s unexpected giggle at an inappropriate moment. It may be hearing the opening bars of your favourite song. When you open your mind to the glimmers, life becomes punctuated with an abundance of lovely moments that will never stop trying to find you.
