Water

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Yesterday my neighbors returned from their vacation earlier than expected.
In an attempt to escape any chances of a camping trip in rainy weather, they had driven south to a village in France where the usual weather this time of year spells ‘sunny days’. Guaranteed.
But not this year. In just over a week they had enjoyed one more or less dry day. For the rest just rain. Day and night. Had it not been a camping trip, it might not have been the end of the world. But not being able to dry their clothes, towels, and yes sleeping bags ~ they decided to drive home where at least they are guaranteed comfortable beds, and dry clothes.

When the rain just doesn’t let up, it certainly can make the decision to change plans a lot easier…

Meanwhile back home, relatively high temperatures combined with evening thunder showers have brought the humidity up a couple of notches as if there is a stickiness to the air itself. And while people may not be overly charmed by this condition, nature loves it! You can almost see it grow and hear it sing!

In a sense it is funny how us humans so often are unhappy ~ not just about the weather (which, by the way, is said to be a cultural affliction) ~ but about rain and humidity in particular. We don’t seem to like water; unless we can control it. (Don’t like rain, do like showers, etc.)

As an element, water is cleansing, nurturing, emotional, and creative.
Something a lot of us may have experienced while taking a shower. The water streaming down relaxes, and before we know it we are humming, singing ~ or coming up with a brand new idea, a good solution to a problem, or just plain inspiration to finally ‘go do it’; whatever ‘it’ is…
Each of those benefits, those ‘extra’s’ we get when we take a shower, work best when we just let it happen. When we don’t try and control it…

After all, had we already known what ‘stuff’ we are still carrying along that can be cleansed, in all likelihood we would have done so already. And had we dreamed up that creative idea before, we would probably be executing it rather than taking a shower…

From a different perspective, looking at the world map, a lot of the changes in weather that are going on seem to be revolving around water. Some areas are way dryer than they are expected to be, in other areas flooding continues to be a problem.
Perhaps this is a good time to start working with the water ~ or lack thereof ~ rather than to fight it. To release those things that in all reality belong in the past, and to come up with creative solutions that are going to serve us as well as the earth in the future.

As an element, that is what water is all about…