life is a lot like the rain
Without rain, nothing can grow.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the similarities between rain and hardships. If we want our land to be beautiful and lush, we can’t say we hate the rain. For you can’t have one without the other. Life is very similar. You can’t grow in wisdom or strength, if everything is happy and sunny all the time. Too much sun results in dry land. The plain simple truth is that life is hard. No one has it easy, no one is 100% happy 100% of the time. No one has everything they want. No one has it perfect. So why would we want our lives to be dry and void of any kind of understanding or wisdom about life? The rain will come. If we are not careful, it will drain us of our happiness, and the lack of sun can result in depression. We find ourselves desperately wanting the sun that we had before, or the sun that we see someone else enjoying (or appears to enjoy... for don’t we all have a little bit of rain in our lives??). Instead of accepting our own life as it unfolds, we waste time desiring something else, and we learn and gain nothing. The sun may come back out, we may temporarily smile, but we have an emptiness that will easily come back up at the first sight of a cloud.
If we are wise, we take the rain as it is meant… to grow, learn, and sometimes, to go inside, be still, and simply listen. When the sun finally comes back out again, we can be filled with a deep sense of strength, appreciation, and renewal of life.
Very nice simile! I like your insight...it reminds me to be patient, and take in the lessons that I am learning now and grow from them while I experience this point in my life.
Beautiful picture!!
Posted by: shannon | April 28, 2008 at 01:55 PM
That was amazing. I needed that so much! Thank you for sharing that.
Posted by: Angela | April 28, 2008 at 02:43 PM
did you write that for me? ;)
gorgeous photo Erin, wow! That could be sold to a stock photo site.
thanks for the reminder, love you
Posted by: Ashley | April 28, 2008 at 05:46 PM
Once again...God has handed me just the right person at just the right time with just the right words to heal my heart, refresh my soul, and remind me that the rain is a GOOD thing and won't last forever. Thanks for the reminder! :)
Posted by: Andrea | April 29, 2008 at 05:29 PM
Erin - this post was meaningful for me. Thank you. :)
Posted by: Dawn Stiller | April 30, 2008 at 06:22 AM