date: Wednesday Mar. 19th, 2008 at 2:50pm subject: It's Raining security grid strength: Public status: peaceful tags: ramble, random

Have you ever opened the window when it was raining, and just listened? Watched? Smelled?

Most people don't like it when it rains. They say there's nothing to do. It's dreary and depressing. What they're really admitting is that they don't know how to appreciate everything that life gives them, even if it is something bad, or something unwanted.

If you ask me, I think it is lovely when it rains.

It is Nature's way of giving life.

The clouds are dreary, the sun isn't shining, it is chilly and wet. But all of that doesn't matter; it won't last. What really matters is the earth itself. People are so preoccupied with the sky and the sun, they forget how green the grass is, how dark the tree branches are against the sky. They forget how soothing the droplets of rain are, washing away time for a while, slowing hectic life so all can take a moment to relax and collect themselves. People forget that they were brought into the world much the same way, if you think about it a little; most see birth as violent and painful, ugly and unpleasant, and they cannot see nor appreciate the beautiful miracle of it all.

Perhaps if it was not quite so cold, and I wasn't already ill, I would be outside, soaking up the rain with the rest of my leafy brethren.

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