It's Raining!

If you look closely or click and enlarge this photo, you will see that it is raining.  The general theme about rain for most people is as followers:

“It’s raining, it’s pouring the old man is snoring.
He went to bed and covered his head and didn’t get up ‘til morning.”

When we go to the beach, we don’t want it to rain. When we head out to the amusement parks, we don’t want it to rain. When we go for a hike in the country side, we don’t want it to rain. When we sit outside at night to view the stars, we don’t want it to rain. In fact, we really don’t want any other weather to be in place except our idea of “perfect,” if we are going to do anything outside.

How can we have such a narrow perspective about the life-giving essence of water and weather systems on this planet? Have you ever breathed in the clean, refreshing air after a summer storm? Have you stood in the rain and let the soft beads of moisture run down your skin? Have you watched the trees and plant life perk-up after a brief rain shower? Have you watched at a rainbow grow brighter and more defined as the sun shines upon it? Have you become entranced with lightning as it dances and flashes across a midnight sky?

I snapped this photo as I was walking outside in the rain. The sun broke through the clouds, yet the drops continued to come down. I felt like I was walking under a soft, flowing waterfall that bathed me in the goodness of rejuvenating, pure water. The wildlife ran around me. The leaves and grasses shimmered with the dust cleared away. My heart soared with bliss as I strolled along. Try it!

So, on that note, the quote of the day is:

“What a refreshing delight it is to walk in the purifying mist of the rain." tc