“It was simply falling as rain should…”

My favorite quote about the rain:

“It was a thin grey rain; hard and fast and cold. In it we had to walk four blocks to reach the Jeep–we were at it’s mercy. As was my custom in such elements, I hunkered against the rain, drew my head into my collar, turned my eyes to the street, tensed my footsteps and proceeded in misery. But my hosts, I soon noticed, reacted in quite another way. They strolled calmly and smoothly, their bodies perfectly relaxed. They did not hunch away from the rain, but rather glided through it. They directed their faces to it and did not flinch as it drummed their cheeks. The Zillers accepted the rain. They were not at odds with it and went with it in harmony and ease.

I tried it myself. I relaxed my neck and shoulders and turned my gaze into the wet. I let it do to me what it would. Of course, it was not trying to do anything to me. What a silly notion. It was simply falling as rain should, and I, a man, another phenomenon of nature, was sharing the space in which it fell.

It was much better regarding it that way. I got no wetter than I would have otherwise, and if I did not actually enjoy the wetting, at least I was free of my tension. I could even smile ….

Surely, I was on the right track.”

Another Roadside Attraction, Tom Robbins