Thursday, October 11, 2012

the beauty of rain. or avoiding flash floods is easy when you live on a mountain, everything flows downhill. a metaphor for life?

a rare rainy day in the desert. i LOVE those kinds of days. tomorrow is promising more of the same. ah, dare i say it? BLISS! i actually got out of the house today and got to appreciate the rain. it was wonderful. you don't realize how glorious something can be until you haven't experienced it for a long time. the only problem was that my sock and boot got a little
soggy. and that wasn't any fun.

i'm trying to stay optimistic. we went shopping today, mostly because i don't have any clothes that fit. i still had to buy a size that i'm not comfortable with. i size i REALLY don't like having to wear. but that's going to change.. when i get cleared to be in water, we're going to get a pass to the pool for the year. i'll be able to swim, and that is probably some of the best therapy i can do for my neck and shoulder, since i haven't had any in so long. we just have to wait for my foot/ankle to be in good enough shape. patience, grasshopper, patience.

and i'm slowly learning that. i guess that's the point. slowly learn something, so you have no choice but to be patient. one of those quirky little games the universe likes to play on us, i think. well, it's not like we couldn't all use a little bit of a slow down in our lives. we tend to rush through and not take notice of things that happen each day, and how miraculous they can be. we take them for granted. well, tomorrow morning, no matter what the weather, take a moment and look up at the sky. REALLY, REALLY look at the sky. BREATHE IT IN! and realize how small we all are. ALL OF US. even the most important person in the world, or whomever you think is the most important person in the world, think of how small that person is. and appreciate how truly magnificent it is to realize that as such a small being you can affect such a huge change, if you choose to. then go out and make that change happen. smile at someone. laugh. say thank you. smile some more. think good thoughts. and see how contagious it can be. and then go outside and look up at the sky again and say thank you. thank you for making you, such a small being so powerful. powerful enough to make someone else have a better day, just by smiling and laughing and saying thank you. BREATHE IT IN!

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