"And it's rainin' all over the world; It's raining all over the world" -Electric Light Orchestra
It can certainly feel that way when things are going tough for you. I remember the feeling when going through a divorce several years ago. That sense of nothing left came on a day that my neighbors dog died while I was taking care of it. In the midst of a painful divorce, I was still helping others and now their dog dies.
It was actually a rainy day and you couldn't have convinced me that the sun was shining anywhere on earth. It was raining when I found the dog, it was raining when I buried the dog and it was raining as I sat on my back deck pondering what I had left in life.
As I sat there slowly letting the rain engulf me in absolute sorrow, the darkness of it all was quickly overcoming me. I would like to say it was then that the rain stopped and the sun shone down upon me. A sign of sorts but not exactly. What happened is that a small light began to open inside of me. There was something telling me that the rain would end and the sun would again spread its warmth around me.
At that moment, with the wet rain still beating down upon me, I decided that I was no longer going to be the victim of my circumstance. I was going to pick myself up and move on with life. Most certainly it took work on my part, but the greatness one achieves doesn't come without effort.
Just understand in your own life that the 'rain' is temporary and the sun will shine once again. Allow yourself to be whole once again and move towards a greater day.
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