a rain drop hunt~

“Never allow anyone to RAIN on your parade

 thus cast a pall of gloom

defeat on the entire day.

Remember that no talent,

no self-denial, no brains, no character,

are required to set up in the fault-finding business.

Nothing external can have any power over you

 unless you permit it.

Your time is too precious

to be sacrificed in wasted days

combating the menial forces

 of hate, jealously, and envy.

Guard your fragile life carefully.

 Only God can shape a flower,

 but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.”

Og Mandino

Around here

welcoming the arrival of spring and mr. Sun

always means ACCEPTING too

the inevitable

RAIN

now you shall see

why the other day

was FILLED with hour upon hour

soaking up the day

feeling the warmth

embracing the heat

BEACAUSE all too soon our BUBBLE BURST

in to a wet wonderland

feeling CAPTIVATED

tucked away indoor

showers all throughout the day

one little one says

"mama I do not mind getting wet

can we go on a rain drop hunt?"

how could i RESIST such a thought

FOR THIS HAS NEVER COME TO MIND

out we went in each passing shower

peeking and observing

rain and all of its wonders

“Sometimes

 I see myself as a child in a rain storm,

running around

 trying to catch all the drops in his mouth.

I long for your adventures

to be like the raindrops the child saves

 and not those which crash to the ground.”

unknown

left behind

little dew drops

SITTING SILENT

in perfection

if only I could CAPTURE one

bring it indoors

forever to be

like a tiny crystal ball

these DROPS DO SEE

i wonder just wonder

HOW CAN IT BE

through the wind and the rain

THESE DROPS THEY STAY

untouched

hanging on in an effortless way

“Into each life some rain must fall.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

we found on our journey

that RAIN is not left

 to be seen only upon the flowers

have you ever tried

to capture a DROP

we DISCOVERED

 the magic of rain

can leave behind beauty

in the most unthought of ways

so as we gladly welcomed SPRING

celebrated such arrival

we learned to embrace also the moments of rain

and

TO OPEN OUR EYES

that have long remained closed

to such kind of weather