Putting it in perspective

Some mornings we make up to drumming raindrops upon our roof and we think; "Darn, there goes my plans for the day." A reasonable response - however, if you listen a little longer you might here the ringing laughter of all the birds taking a beautiful rain shower. How the little birdies love a good rain shower. They sing song after song, they laugh, amidst the rain drops they dance - it is spectacular - though the rain has spoiled our plans for the day it has made the birds rather happy - While it is raining you might put on your muckers and your slicker and head out to the garden - there you will see the flowers straining their necks towards that sweet nectar of life - the rain - the rain which has spoiled your day brings life to the lettuce, lemons, pumpkins, and cucumbers, etc. Have you ever watched a thirsty sun flower as it swallows the rain - at first droopy and sad - with each drop of rain the stem stands taller and the face turns upward - it turns toward the sun; cause the sun is still there - just napping - in LA when it rains it is a welcome relief; oh sure it means you have to leave 40 minutes earlier to get anywhere, there will be numerous accidents on the freeways, and people may be a bit snarly - if your a teacher it means the dreaded "rainy day schedule" no recess, short lunch - ooh boy, a whole day with your students without a break - The rain in LA, well the next day, after the rain has cleansed the city - well the smog is gone and the sky is that color blue you can't describe but you know it is beautiful - and the day after rain, you can inhale a breath of clean air - The Foothills are green, and the trees are green, green anything(besides money) is really beautiful! Of course the rain spoiled your plans for the day. When were kids and it rained we played Monopoly - all day - or two days or three days - sometimes the sun came out but we had to finish our Monopoly game; that darned rain, spoiled our plans - In summer we rented a camp, now what could be worse than having only five days at camp and one of them being stolen by the rain - that really sucks - my cousins and I would play Risk. Do you remember Risk,it was this deep strategy game about amassing an army and overtaking the countries of your playmates - My cousins were two smart young boys - I learned a lot watching them play strategy - I loved to watch my Grandmother "not" fall asleep watching us play - making sure there was plenty of Kool Aid and snacks. That darned rain spoiled our plans - Shucks!
A five day work week leaves two days, Saturday and Sunday, in which we can complete the mass of chores needed doing - then those raindrops drumming on our ceiling wake us Saturday morning and our plans our spoiled. We call a friend and head to the movies, a good rainy day activity - it is an independent, never heard of movie, but the only one playing - so we watch it - and we laugh and cry and tell everyone how much they need to see the movie - or we get out the baking pans, maybe make cupcakes with our daughter, or build a Lego City with our son, or vice versa - I personally loved Linkin'Logs - Of course that stinkin rain spoiled our plans; that pile of pictures in the corner waiting for their home in the photo album; well, the rain might actually get them where they belong; I might be of the mind to go ahead with my plans, regardless of the drumming raindrops; I may instead awaken to the singing of tin roof rain and decide to get outside and dance; muckers, slickers, hat - playing football on a muddy field is so cool - and I'll tell ya what, rain soaked Mother Earth has a heaven sent scent! Oh the silly rain, spoiling my plans - not a chance. A rainy day is only an opportunity for another opportunity of which we may not even know we are being blessed with - So if this day finds you waking to singing birds, and tapping drops of rain - well, keep it in perspective; then look around you; opportunities await your every turn, your only limit is your ability to imagine and your willingness to keep it all in perspective -