Reaching For Rainbows
If we don't ever take chances,
    we won't reach the rainbows.
If we don't ever search,
    we'll never be able to find
If we don't attempt to get over
    our doubts and fears,
    we'll never discover how wonderful
    it is without them.
If we don't go beyond difficulty,
    we won't get any stronger.
If we don't keep our dreams alive,
    we won't have our dreams any longer.

But...
if we can take a chance now and then,
seek and search, discover and dream,
grow and go through each day
with knowledge that
we can only get as much as we give,
and we can only geat as much out to life
    as we allow ourselves to live...

Then...
we can be truly happy.
we can realize a dream of two along the way,
and we can make a habit of
reaching out for rainbows
    and coloring our lives
        with wonderful days.

                                ~Collin McCarty
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