The clouds will fade...

I love rainy days. Days like today. I love them. The air seems so much cleaner. I inhale it and I feel alive. I feel alive.

Rain has a cleansing effect. It falls down to the Earth and wipes all the dirt away. It penetrates the ground and works its way through every soil granule and blade of grass it can find. It leaves its mark on everything it touches. It cleanses. And then, it makes way for growth.

That is what rain does. It touches the Earth and makes flowers grow, it makes grass green, and it nourishes and feeds so that growth can take place. And after the rain has stopped, the dark clouds that once threatened are gone, and it leaves us with a beautiful rainbow and the sun that eventually makes its way through the clouds. After the rain, growth takes place and the sun does eventually shine again.

And in our lives, it works basically the same way. The dark clouds arise in the form of our problem and obstacles, chasing the sun away. They chase our joy away. They hover in our skies for a while and threaten us with thunder and lightning. They are signs of what is to come. Then, the rain falls. Sometimes it is soft rain, other times; it falls down hard and fast. Sometimes, it even brings along hail for the ride. But the rain falls nonetheless. And when this happens, we sulk and complain. We fail to see the bigger picture. We fail to see that the rain gives us time to solve things, to clean up. As the rain penetrates through every aspect of our lives, it gives us a chance to clean things up and make room for all things new. It cleanses us.  Then, when our solutions are found and steps are taken towards resolving our problems, the rainbow appears and eventually the sun makes its way through the clouds and shine again.

We are impatient. As humans, we lack patience at times. We fail to look at the bigger picture all too often. But even with our shortcomings, the bigger picture is always there. We just need to remind ourselves to be patient. We just need to remind ourselves to hang in there. We need to remind ourselves that when it rains, we are being cleansed. We need to remind ourselves that the sun will shine through eventually and the clouds will fade. Then, after all that, we will grow.

Just remember, the clouds will fade.


Take Care

Miss Stone