Dance In The Rain

"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." --Nelson Mandela

Ever since the weather started becoming more summer-y. I've had this desire to dance in the rain. In my head, what I was thinking was that a good dance in the rain would be revitalizing, almost healing, in a way.

Well today, it started raining. It wasn't crazy pouring or anything, but definitely enough to dance in. I love the rain, so I went into my sunroom to watch it. As I was watching the raindrops explode onto the back porch, I remembered my desire to dance in the rain. I had to be at work in an hour, so I hesitated. I didn't want to get all wet before leaving to go to work. "Next time," I promised myself, "next good rain."

I live in Colorado, and we simply to do not just "get good rains." When the rain comes, you never know for how long. I've always been the kind of person who hesitates - who second guesses myself. I decided that I needed to go dance right then and there. I had to take advantage of the rain.

So, I walked through the kitchen where my brother was standing, grabbed my hoodie from my room, and walked back to go outside. While walking through the kitchen, I was randomly reminded of something Rob Morris once said, and I said it out loud to my brother. "When the broken ask you to dance, you dance." My brother said, "Yea!" in kind of a joking way, and I asked him to come outside and dance with me. I went outside and starting dancing like a fool in the rain. I was right - it was revitalizing, and it definitely was healing. After goofing off for a bit, I started walking over to the trampoline. It was then that I heard the back door open, and I turned around to see my brother standing outside. As I started to walk back to where he was, he started dancing. I ran over with complete joy and excitement, and the two of us danced together for just a little bit.

That little bit will stay with me for eternity.

Let it rain

Let it rain

--Peace and Love.