Today there is sunshine
after rain.
It’s good to know
that happens
again and again!
Today there is sunshine
after rain.
It’s good to know
that happens
again and again!
It’s a misty moisty morning
And the air is crisp and cool.
Looking out my window
I see children off to school.
Some are wearing raincoats,
Some don’t seem to care,
As the softly drops are nestling
Like jewels on their hair.
Silently I wish them
Well, along their way;
And hope the storms they meet in life
Are as gentle as today.
Invitation
Come to dinner and sit with me;
We’ll visit together
happily.
The cloth is delicate,I agree,
But it won’t be made stained
by you or me.
The next shower of drenching rain
will dissolve and replace it
once again.
I walked into this store
To shelter from the rain.
The wares it showed were lovely,
So I went back again.
My currency was useless!
There was no price to pay:
For rain and sun had gifted
Free jewels on this day.
{PS, I especially liked the “pendant”, photo centre}
As I sat at the computer this evening wondering about my gratitude note for today I let my mind wander back over the day’s events and there were a lot of things I could express gratitude for. {Many of them will find their way into my prayers, but that is another venue for expressing gratitude}
I am grateful that I had a walk in the rain; it wasn’t the kindly, soft, drizzly sort of rain. It was really a heavy dropping of moisture on my bare head when it began, but I pulled on my hood and my head was dry as I walked. My pants below my rain jacket hem became very wet before I reached home. {When my friend Kerry reads this she will be cross with me for insisting that I walk home!}
Before I reached there the rain stopped and the sun tried to show it’s warm face although it didn’t quite succeed. I soon divested myself of my wet slacks and donned warm, dry ones along with the same of socks so I was no worse than if I had not got wet.
So why was I grateful?
Because I COULD walk, because I ENJOYED the adventure of walking in drenching rain knowing my destination wasn’t far away, and that it waited to give me shelter and warmth.
Because I am FREE and ABLE to make CHOICES for my own actions.
Better not bore you with any more reasons but there are others that I felt grateful for.
When it comes down to it I would rather be a “Pollyanna” than a “Mister Grumpy” about daily happenings.
You’ve gotta have rain to make a rainbow,
Gotta have a bit of sunshine too.
When the two come together
In this kind of weather,
It can make a rainbow true.
You’ve gotta have sun to make a rainbow,
Gotta have a bit of rain too.
And if the two come together,
You’ll find this kind of weather
Will bring that rainbow hue.
{Effie}
It rained today.
I had to go out
driving in the misty view.
I would rather
have stayed at home
cosy by the fire’s warmth.
But Life’s like that;
asking us to do
things not quite comfortable.
So that we triumph
over ourselves,
and are able to become.
EFWoolley©
{From Sky Bright -printed 2014}