Rain Much?

Music: "Can you stand the rain?" by Boys II Men
Mood: Somber

It's just after 5 on Friday June 4th and I've just gotten back from a beautiful drive...

About 1/4 of the way through, the air changed from a warm, dry, and burning bright.. to cool and crisp. Almost as if GOD dimmed the lights and topped the sky with sprinkles of the arctic and in an instant... it was beautiful.. perfectly cool with a romantically deep lit canopy draped over the world.

And the rain couldnt come soon enough...

like a single tear splashing in my palm, the first rain drop found itself onto my windshield... and that.. was it's purpose. There are those that say everything happens for a reason.. "everything" not just "somethings". So in the great vision of the world, GOD made it so at that very moment, at that very spot, there is a reason that one specific rain drop found itself where it did. And maybe this is why. That single tiny droplet of water served as the inspiration for this entry...

The rain, to me, is the most beautiful gift that we have been given... Companied with the rolling thunder and crashing lightning...that has been the basis for many poems, songs, paintings, photographs, and perfectly intimate moments with the one i love the most. Or in some cases, perfectly intimate moments spent with the love of my life... in my thoughts and my prayers.

The rain, to me, is a shower, a fresh start. Washing away the imperfections that have somehow found themselves into our delicate hearts turning what was once pure and loving into something else... something not so pure, something not so ethereal.

So the next time you find that the skys have opened up and sun has ducked behind the grayest of clouds, savor it. If you feel so inclined to, and I highly suggest it... go for a walk... WITH NO UMBRELLA.. or if you aren't as daring as I...throw on some older clothes, grab an umbrella and go for a stroll. Hopefully you will have someone to share it with and if you don't... try to capture the moment; not keep it, but take a mental picture of the moment and keep your eyes closed doing your best to describe what you feel an how it makes you feel... just try it.

until next time.. I have some BBQ ribs to enjoy :)

if you havent heard "can you stand the rain?" by Boys II Men... please do.

~Billy 5:38 p.m. 6/04/04

p.s. thanks for the rain drop...