Double Rainbows

I saw one Tuesday. And every time I see one (double or not) I can't help but feel that it is magical. I know there is a scientific explanation. But I don't think magic has to be unexplainable to be magic. When you think about it, what happens when light is filtered through water is really very strange and wonderful.

Incidentally, this picture was taken by someone (not me) in Kauai. We saw several while we were there too. It's no coincidence that Hawaii's license plate has a rainbow.

A Wild Magic Bean (I didn't "buy" this one)

On the way home yesterday I was thinking about the word "irrational" and the negative connotations that go along with it. Rarely is it considered good or beneficial to be irrational. I have had eyes rolled at something I have said because it was considered irrational. Logical thinking is prized in our society. We're taught in school to have logical arguments-reasons for what we think . . . and believe, for that matter. Now, I'm not saying logic is bad. Logic is good. Logic is important. But, where did we get the idea that just because it is good to be logical it is bad to be illogical? Who has commanded that everything has to be logical? What if it isn't always bad . . . and what if it is sometimes necessary (and even good) to be irrational?

I would like to point out that the action that allows us to be Christian was completely irrational. A holy perfect Being becoming a man and facing pain and death just to be with us? Highly irrational behavior on the part of that Being.

So, here's "the sprout": Perhaps there is a time and place for "irrational" and "illogical". Perhaps ration and irration are not opposites as we have made them to be but are complimentary-both good and useful.

From: The Dog and the Shadow

"Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."

Aesop