Unexpected Rainstorms

When caught in an unexpected rain storm, how often do we slow down and let the rain wash over us? Even if it drenches us. Ruins our makeup. Reveals our tired, un-shiny selves that aren’t always so put together. The beauty of life is in those quiet, random, seemingly chaotic moments, but too often we run from them – these moments that weren’t part of the plan. Moments that are scary. Moments that make us vulnerable. But we are meant to feel things. To experience things. To approach life with wonder and reckless abandon. So next time it rains and you find yourself running for cover, slow down. Wait. Be still. And remember that the beauty and magic we so often search for in the mundaneness of our routines are often found in those small moments – trickling down into our souls, like raindrops on our cheeks.