Summer rain

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As opposed to a rainy Summer, which is no fun at all, a couple of days with Summer rain are a nice interlude to the warm, dry days so typical for the season. Those Summer rains nourish nature while the temperatures remain relatively high. And in between showers the atmosphere is pleasant.

The rain also calms the energy.
The dry hot days can perpetuate a fiery energy that seems to create a movement, even when you are just sitting back, relaxing. Even at night it doesn’t cool down much; nor does the high frequency energy slow down…
Yet a day of Summer rain changes all of that. The energy settles, and as that happens nature all around us ~ and ourselves included ~ heave a big sigh of relief. Even if that is only on a subconscious level.

Pretty soon it seems like birds are singing louder, the colors of the flowers seem brighter; their scents stronger. And as soon as the sun comes out again there is a lightness in the air, a freshness of new things. Be it new buds that open into flowers, new chicks in the nests of the blackbirds; or new thoughts, new ideas, new concepts.

Summer rain makes us stand still for just moment to observe if we are still going in the right direction; whatever the right direction is. It gives us a moment to apply creative newness to anything we are doing, giving us a chance to improve on it. To make it better yet. To rebalance us with our environments.

It reminds us that we should probably do this every once in a while anyway; stepping back from our busy lives for just a couple of minutes and taking the time to observe and evaluate whether we are still spending our time and energy on the things we want to be doing ~ rather than allowing ourselves to be distracted by 1001 things we come across that we feel also need to be done.
Taking a moment to, purposefully, look at what is happening in our lives from a perspective of creative newness. So we can continue doing the things we want to do with a new focus. Even in a new frame of mind…

From that viewpoint the weather can help us, independent from the kind of weather any particular day brings. As the Summer rain brings a calm creative energy, a windy day may alert us that things are ready for change, a cold day may invite us to take a rest, and so on…

Personally, I like pretty much any kind of weather; yet I truly love this Summer rain!
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