Rainy Sunday

I love when I sit blindly somewhere familiar and then all of a sudden  beauty starts slowly unveiling itself to me. It's like I'm seeing for the first time.  Today I sat down at our dining room table with the blinds closed expecting only to search pinterest for inspiring things. All of a sudden I began to hear the comforting sound of the rain against the window. It was raining pretty hard. So I pulled up the blinds and watched as little beads of water speckled the glass window. I could smell the sweetness of rain mixed with the smell of the summer woods. It was absolutely spectacular. Later the sun shone through the clouds for a brief second or two. The reflection of our old window made geometric shapes on our worn wooden floors.

 What a simply beautiful moment in time. I'm so glad I was aware enough to experience it. There are little moments each day I know I've missed. I'm learning how to be in the moment and experience the little gifts God gives us in life. He speaks to us through these gifts. Life is beautiful, even when it's raining.

"The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Be in love with your life, every detail of it.”~Jack Kerouac