What I Learned From My Yellow Sweater.
This is the time when we in the north east wonder if the gray
sky will ever turn blue. Yesterday a ray
of sunlight managed to throw itself onto the bedroom floor. I looked around to
see what light I left on. I had forgotten what sunshine looked like.
Join me as I strike back at the gray sky. FIGHT GLOOM ! Go to your closet and find your brightest clothes.
Put them on even if you have to layer a thermal shirt on under your Hawaiian
shirt. Wear YELLOW or ORANGE or RED or SKY BLUE.
At least put on your brightest socks. Bright underpants don’t
count. Only wear something the sun can
see. If enough people wear bright colors we’ll make the sun jealous and he’ll
have to come and out shine us.
Another way to fight back is to wear as many different
colors as possible. Put on ROY G BIV. Then
the sun will think you’re a rainbow and he’ll have to come out and see what’s
up.
If we walked down the street eating an ice cream cone and
wearing our bathing suits the sun would think he was late to the party. He’d say, “Look at that. Summer started
without me. I better come out and catch up.”
And if you caught pneumonia you could lay around at home and
watch Blue Hawaii or some other surfer movie be some place warm and sunny a
couple hours at least.
Yesterday I wore my yellow sweater. Tomorrow I’ll wear my
orange one. When I wear them I’m saying, “LOOK DOWN HERE SUN! COME AND SHINE WITH ME!”
We should all smile a lot. Our beautiful smiles will bring
sunshine where ever we go while we wait for the sun to catch up.
