Thursday, October 17, 2019

Rainy days

It has been raining for days in Buenos Aires since we got in last Sunday and it’s Thursday so our group of explorers decided not  to go out too far but just to walk to an Italian restaurant near where we live and shop. I didn’t think it was going to be raining that much so I took my jacket and forgot my umbrella which was a big mistake. Every single person that walked by me was carrying an umbrella. I hadn’t even walked for a block when my feet felt very wet but that didn’t stop us from going out to enjoy an afternoon. A rainy day didn’t stop us because Just because its stormy now doesn’t mean you aren’t headed for sunshine!

Now that I got back home, I am sitting in my couch wrapped up in a blanket and watching an amazing rainstorm through my window. The sky is black and the sound of the wind and rain is loud. Everything is wet. The streets, sidewalks and our balcony is all wet and I keep wondering how long will this rain last? 

Just like stormy days, Our lives are full of good days and bad ones, happy days and sad ones, easy days and hard ones.  As we go along our journey I think one of the most important things to remember is that no bad day lasts forever, and every sad day eventually comes to an end.  We will have sunny days without a cloud in our sky and we will have days where the thunder rolls around us with a deafening noise.  But no matter how harsh the rain storms that come are, there will come a point like is happening right now out my window – a point where the lightning stops and the thunder quiets and all the raindrops are slowly coming to a halt.  And when it is done it will always be followed by the welcome light of the sunshine as it rises in the sky and brightens everything in this world.

“Don’t confuse your path with your destination.  Just because it’s stormy now doesn’t mean that you aren’t headed for sunshine.”

So many people in the world get caught in the trap of forgetting that the storms they are facing right now are merely a section of the road they are traveling through and they lose sight of the fact that in no way is their current circumstance their final destination.  If they just keep moving forward, putting one foot in front of the other, they will eventually come to the next section of road that is surrounded by gorgeous flowers that were only able to grow because of a previous storm that had passed by them.

The sun will return and things will get brighter again….Not forever, but at least for a while before its time for the storm clouds to once again roll in and the lightning to spark across the sky, but that’s okay…because that is all part of the journey we go through in life…if you can imagine when lightning is shooting through the sky every few seconds followed by the constant cracking of thunder. 

 I have to say that there is something really magical about watching a storm like that.  Perhaps it’s the beauty of the lightning as it shoots out across a blackened sky, or perhaps it’s the contrast of the gently falling raindrops against the loud roaring of the thunder.  Either way, it is definitely magical and  perhaps going forward you might try skipping merrily through the stormy sections as it will help you pass through them more quickly, and when you hit the sunny spots try taking time to stop and look around to appreciate the beautiful flowers you are surrounded by and appreciating how wonderful the sunshine truly feels….recognize that without that last storm the flowers wouldn’t have bloomed and the rainbow wouldn’t display its incredibly colors in that amazing arch across the sky…then continue walking forward, better prepared and less afraid to dance through the next rainstorm ahead right into another bought of sunshine…

Con amor,
Vero

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