Stop Chasing Rainbows
by: Ulysses Ybiernas ♦ July 11, 2008
I once spent years chasing distant light, only to realize that some things are meant to inspire us, not possess us. Now, I move forward with quieter purpose, grounded in what is real, steady, and within reach.
As I sit quietly at my desk, a question rises from somewhere deeper than thought, unsettling in its honesty:
Who have I become?
The days, the months, the years, they no longer feel separate from one another. They blur into a single, unbroken current, carrying me forward whether I feel prepared or not. And somewhere within that endless motion, I continue searching, restless and uncertain, reaching for something I cannot fully name.
For a long time, I chased a distant shimmer. It appeared like a promise shaped into light, an imagined rainbow stretched across the horizon, whispering of fulfillment, recognition, purpose, and meaning. I pursued it with all the energy I had.
Yet no matter how far I traveled, no matter how close it sometimes seemed, it always remained just beyond my reach: beautiful, captivating, and painfully intangible.
Only now do I understand that it was never truly something I could hold.
It was an illusion disguised as direction, a mirage born from longing and sustained by hope. Strangely enough, realizing this does not feel like defeat. Instead, it feels like awakening. Like clarity finally arriving after years of confusion.
Somewhere along the way, something within me changed.
I no longer feel the same urgency to chase what continually disappears the moment I draw near. Instead, I feel myself being pulled toward something quieter but far more enduring, something grounded, stable, and real. A path that does not glitter from a distance, but remains solid beneath my feet.
The world often teaches us that rainbows symbolize hope, proof that beauty can emerge after even the harshest storms. But there is another truth people rarely speak about:
If you spend your entire life chasing light on the horizon, you may fail to notice the ground already beneath you. You may overlook the life quietly unfolding in the present moment, ordinary perhaps, but real.
So today, I make a decision that feels both simple and profound.
I will stop chasing what was never meant to be possessed.
Instead, I will turn toward what is already here.
Clear.
Real.
Achievable.
And for the first time in a long while, I no longer feel like I am pursuing something that fades the closer I get.
I feel as though I am finally walking toward something true.
“Rainbows appear after a storm, beautiful, radiant, and inspiring, but they were never meant to be chased. The closer you run toward them, the more they seem to fade into thin air. Stop pursuing what is fleeting. Start building your life around what is real.”
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