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Today's
Meditation:
I
usually come in from the rain, to be honest. And on
those times when I have enough presence of mind not to do
so, I wonder why I always rush right inside when the rain
starts. Of course, if I have to go a whole day
without being able to change clothes, getting wet can be a
major pain. And I may have important papers with me,
or my wallet, or something else that shouldn't get
wet. I can always come up with a lot of reasons for
staying inside.
But
on those times when I do stay outside-- or even go outside
when it's already raining-- I find that the world is
different. It's a wonderful feeling to be standing
in the rain, feeling the wetness fall from above and soak
me to the skin. The sound of the rain hitting the
pavement and the trees and the houses is a beautiful
sound, and the uniqueness of the feeling is very special--
after all, it's not a feeling that we have often,
is it?
Once
I was visiting some friends and I had been planning to go
outside and play basketball with their kids when a heavy
summer shower started. I thought our game was
cancelled, but they still wanted to play-- so we did.
We were soaked within a minute, and after that, the rain
simply didn't matter anymore. We had a lot of fun
in the rain, and it sure beat doing anything else just
because it happened to be raining.
Snug
and dry is nice. But knowing the other side every
now and then is also nice, and also very important for
us. This world was given to us with a wealth of
experiences that we can learn from, and it's very hard to
do so if we don't actually experience what's here for us.
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