Walking in the Rain Without Getting Soaked
How to enjoy the storms of life
Rain.
It is a beautiful thing. There are so many types of rain, really, and I couldn’t tell you which sort I prefer most (unless we’re including the fluffy, white, frozen variety that I love most of all, in copious quantities, as frequently as possible.)
It’s a lot like life. We can’t control the rain any more than we can control the storms that roll across our paths. Neither can we control what kind of rain it is, how hard it falls, or for how long, but we can control how we respond to it. We can prepare when we see a storm rolling in so we don’t end up soaking wet and we can stand in wonder of its power, understanding that without it, without the storms that fill our lives, nothing would grow.
Storms in life are, at their core, very similar to their weather-related cousins. Some are small and easily weathered (pun intended.) Some are tricky and require skill to negotiate, while others are raging monsters from which we must find shelter. There are really only a few that are truly devastating; yet even when these turn our life’s journey upside down, family, friends, and even strangers will often join forces with us to defend and survive.
In order to survive the shifting weather patterns of life we only need to change…
