Most of us go through rainy times in our lives. Sometimes we experience outright storms. We are impatient to get through them. They are troublesome and seem to keep us from what we'd rather be experiencing but it's part of life. There will be storms. Hopefully fewer as we learn not to call them on. But there will be storms.
When I was young I liked running out in the middle of the pouring summer rain - even with thunder and lightning. Maybe one day this summer I should do that for the fun of it. But more and more, I look for a calm spot to patiently wait it out. I'm the one you'll see pull my car to the side of the road when the blinding rain is too much for the windshield wipers.
I'll wait out the storm and look for the rainbow on the other side. I'll search the garden later with expectation of spouting seeds.
And so it is that I remind myself to value to the rain and storms of life. There will be rainbows. Keep planting to seeds between the rains with expectation of sprouts and a harvest.
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