"Bring On The Rain"

As I walked outside today, My first thought as the wind was blowing and my umbrella turned inside out and offered no protection for my perfectly coiffed hair…lol…I could have been angry. But, instead after I laughed loud enough for people to think I was crazy, I thought about what the rain symbolizes this time of year. Like so many of us, I can definitely get a case of the winter blues at times. The constant state of gray and clouds is enough to push even the cheeriest person into a state of frowns worthy of botox.

So, I found a way to reconcile this cloudy, gray rainy day in my mind so that I can avoid additional frown lines and keep this day moving in a positive direction. In fact, when I went outside to go grab some lunch, I was able to take a deep breath and actually enjoy the smell of the rain as it fell on the grass and onto the trees and flowers that are beginning to blossom.

As I was thinking through my feelings on the rain, I got a text message from my friend Chad. He said, “I love this kind of rain.” I asked him why and he responded that it is like life beginning again. Flowers , trees and crops need the rain to grow. And, to be able to shift in the beautiful lushness that we picture spring bringing, we need the rain.

The Easter season ushers in spring. I visualize this time in my mind as being the season of rebirth and growth and I find this to be ironic in terms of thinking of Jesus and what he did for us during this time of year.

So, today I am thinking of the rain and accepting it full-on and embracing the “change” that comes with it. I am in perfect harmony with it in terms of my life knowing that this may very well be the perfect time to let go of the familiar and enter into a new season of my life. My personal challenge to myself is to don a new Easter outfit in the figurative sense. I am going to water and grow an underused side of myself. I am going to let go of the things in my life that are “dying” or are not producing fruit. For each of us, those things are different. It could be a bad relationship, a job that is not producing professional fruit, or simply a bad habit or an unaccomplished goal. It’s a new season friends….first order of business… a new umbrella!