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RAIN


Sweet and glorious RAIN! How I love and appreciate RAIN nourishing and feeding all plants, all nature. My son Jonathan from California came to visit for 4 days and there was a fair amount of Rain. That did not impede on our adventures together. We enjoyed some meals here at the Village, went shopping, buying a new bed for me and a new pair of Sketcher shoes, all very exciting.

One of the days we wanted to be out in Nature and so went to La Chua Trail and it stopped RAINING long enough for us to enjoy a gorgeous walk on the ‘trail’, a boardwalk. It was staggeringly beautiful, watching the Egrets, 2 alligators, and other birds singing and foraging for food.  The water was higher from the RAIN and we saw these magnificent water plants floating about on the water. It was another world! The RAIN started once we got back in the car. Amazing timing! That happened every time we were out.

I realize more and more how the RAIN is such a gift. It is cooling, nourishing, refreshing, productive, and relaxing. It serves so many purposes that are so subtle. Many times I used to say, ‘Oh! It’s RAINING . . . as though it is going to stop me from doing something outdoors. Well, it does sometimes but that is where being creative comes in. 
We can do at least 3 things when it rains:
We can accept it is indeed RAINING, we can make new plans to work around the RAIN, we can cancel and brood over ‘spoiled plans’ and complain the rest of the day. Which sounds best to you? I am finding that there is always a way around our initial disappointment. Especially when we remember the marvelous benefits the RAIN provides.

These are a few ways we can skirt around disappointments that appear in our life unexpectedly. What comes to mind are set backs in any plans we may have as well as major set backs and hang ups we encounter. It can be the smallest thing . . . having to wait too long . . . anywhere. Something that we order or shop for being out of stock, unavailable or the wrong size; just plain not getting what we want!

Ah! I feel that INCONVENIENCE to us is the key. We can very quickly turn that around by being GRATEFUL for what we do have and enjoy. RAIN can be a reminder to slow down, stop if need be and NOTICE what is around us and what we can do to CHANGE our ATTITUDE about whatever it is.

It’s such a gentle reminder, RAIN . . . a HEALING nectar, if you will, to APPRECIATE that it is not a force that could put us in danger or major INCONVENIENCE.
Just think of all the good it does! We could not survive without it! It is a blessing to us all, humans and nature. Enjoy it!


Gentle RAIN falling
On all of nature
Giving us life and
Nourishment.


BLESSINGS


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