Weather

Today while my daughter was taking her nap, I heard the wind rattling on my windows. Just as I looked up, my power went out. For the second that the power was out, I smiled. Do you ever think that maybe the world just wants you to stop and listen? I walked outside and stood there. As the strong wind rushed by me, I watched the trees sway back and forth and the leaves tornado around my feet. This is beauty. What if the wind that pushes against your chest and creates such an inconvenience when trying to open your car door, is breath. What if wind was the final assist for the leaves, as they say good bye and allow the trees to enter the conditions of winter? Listen. It is moving in more ways than the literal term. As I went back into my apartment, I sat and thought about weather. Rain. What if we looked at rain, not as percipitation that makes your hair flat? What if instead of running into the store to get out of the rain, we walked and enjoyed the wetness under our feet and appreciated the water that aids in growth. What if natural disasters were viewed as the earth evolving and not catastophic? It is disappointing when our basement floods because of the rain. It is scary when our cars slip on the icy roads. Its heart-wrenching when thousands of people lose their lives to natural disasters; I am not dismissing this. Just what if? It is amazing to me how the seasons cycle. How fall winds know how to prep for winter. How winter knows how to protect the soil. How spring knows how to birth for the summer. How summer knows how to reward and celebrate before heading into the cycle again. It never needs help, and it never misses a beat. It is incredible to me, that the earth looked so different millions of years ago, and how slowly, the earth continues these changes. Earthquakes are adjustments. Volcanoes, tornadoes... Hurricanes correlating with the moon.  When I view weather like this, I understand the cycle, and I can't help but feel connected.Whether we realize it or not, we too evolve. We are all connected and to me, it is more of a reason to believe that if we just rely on the earth for nourishment and relinquish control over other beings on this earth, we will thrive, appreciate and awaken. We are one, we are all created from the same hands, and if you just stop and listen, you will share this appreciation. Namaste.