Rainbow In The Sky !

Yesterday evening, when the rains stopped, they left behind a magnificent rainbow. My husband called me out to the balcony to see it and it was so perfect ! All seven colours clearly seen, arching across the sky. I said, "We have to take a picture." And rushed upstairs to call my son, who hurriedly readied his camera. By the time, he came down with his camera, the rainbow was already on its way out, fading steadily. And I then wondered what is it in us that cannot appreciate beauty in its transience.When we see or experience something exquisite, beautiful, precious, why does this desire rush in to capture, preserve, own it in some way? In doing so, usually, we lose that fleeting moment of beauty and are left empty handed. Or is it that we place more value on memories we create rather than the real experience? The mind plays its tricks and creates pain out of pleasure.