The night is still.

Yet the leaves of the bamboo dance with the touch of the raindrops.

Beautiful.  I love it when the world is still.

I do not care for the wind.

All other weather that I have experienced – thunderstorms, torrential downpours, heat waves, cold snaps, snow storms … no issue.

As one of my favorite comedians says “It is not That the wind is blowing, it is What the wind is blowing!”  (Ron White)

It is the unpredictability of it …

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Many cultures have developed metaphors, proverbs and adages about the wind – all  affording it power in our lives.

“It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.”  (naval proverb)

“The earth has ears, the wind has a voice.”  (Turkish proverb)

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For me, perhaps, it is also that I prefer to see things coming.

A storm gives us time to prepare.

I remind myself that not knowing the future is what makes our lives interesting – and, at times, this form of ignorance is truly bliss!

Had I known, even 5 years ago, what was in store for me, I don’t know that I would have found the strength or hope needed to get through it all.

There is a reason that our lives unfold as they do … I guess the wind is not so bad after all.

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And so, I leave you with the following:

“Regretting the past is like chasing after the wind.”  (Lebanese proverb)

“Be in readiness for the favorable winds.”  (Chinese proverb)