I love it when it....

 

I love it when it rains. I do love thunderstorms too, but we get them so much here that I grew tired of them. I miss taking walks in the rain and here it is seldom that it rains without lightning.

I love the sound rain makes, the pitter patter on the windows the calming sound of it hitting the trees and the grass. Looking out the window and seeing the raindrops race each other to an unknown goal, a favorite past time of mine as a kid, especially on long car rides.

Rain means cozying up at home with a hot cup of coffee or tea, perfect reading weather. To me rain means calmness, rain means relaxing, rain means renewal. Rain to me symbolizes washing away of the day-to-day stress, the anxiety, and the unrest that I often feel. Having anxiety, I had to find ways to calm myself down and rain sounds always do the trick, especially when accompanied by some LoFi sounds.

Maybe that I one of the reasons I grow so tired of the sun, when rainy season is over, the sun exhausts me, often because of the heat but now that I look at it maybe because I miss the feeling of the rain on my skin. The renewal, the washing away of the stress.  While I know it doesn’t physically wash it all away, I feel like it’s my coping mechanism in a way. I often also feel like I can breathe when it rains, the humid air sometimes feels suffocating in summer and during rain it all cools off for a moment and breathing becomes easier.

I simply love it when it rains. As you can see it holds a deeper meaning than just rain and water. But that is totally okay, I think we all have things that have a deeper meaning to us and not others. What do you love? Do you love the rain as well? Or is it the sunshine?