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| It's Raining, It's Pouring... |
| 08.06.04 (1:15 pm) |
As I sit listening to pitter-patter droplets on my windows, visitors from another part of the country arrive complaining about the rain. Their vacation is dampened, if you'll pardon the pun.
I, on the other hand, am overjoyed with the downpour. I hope for many more hours, even days of it. We live in a rainforest, yet this season there has been little rain and we are dangerously close to draught conditions. What's normally green is brown, and the trees are so very thirsty.
Through this comparison of how we see the rain, I was reminded that rain itself isn't good nor bad... it just IS. How we see it or feel about it is entirely our choice.
My daughter wanted to go 'take a bath in the rain' today, so I put on her shoes and off she went, joyfully jumping in puddles and holding her hands up to catch the droplets with wonder.
The 'programmed' mommy in me automatically wants to warn her, "Don't go out in the rain, you'll catch your death of cold." I promptly slap that programmed mommy off my shoulder with a good solid whack.
Instead, I watch my little girl playing and enjoying being in the downpour in her beautiful innocence. She is savouring the moment, enjoying and living truly in the moment, taking whatever comes and embracing it with vibrant passion.
I take in what this amazing little girl is teaching me, and am thankful for the lessons that she teaches me.
I am fortunate.
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