"I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness."
-Adeline Knapp
I love rain. I am not sure if this a direct result of growing up in the pacific northwest, or if I am just a nostalgic soul. It is a beautiful piece of weather. The rain brings water to our crops that sustain us. It brings water to the rivers that entertain us, and humble us at the same time. The rain brings out those feelings of sorrow that we keep hidden inside us, but really need to let out. It helps us have cozy days and nights full of books, old movies, good friends, and warm beverages.
The rain cleanses this Earth we some times take for granted, and simultaneously helps us clean our souls of the muck and the mud that may build up there. In the bathing of the land we see it come alive.
The rain shows us that sometimes even mother nature must destroy to make way for the clean, the new, the beautiful.
I went on a walk in the rain this past Sunday. It was needed. It was cleansing and healing and made everything smell better. There is just something about walking around and thinking about the things that generally avoid thinking about that the rain just seems to help with.
I am curious if there have ever been any scientific studies about the connection between rain the human mind and thought processes.
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"God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way."
-Unknown
"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby."
- Langston Hughes
"What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
under my head til morning; but the rain
Is full of ghosts to-night, that tap and sigh
Upon the glass and listen for a reply..."
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
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