Anyone who knows me, would know how much of a weather person I am :p…by that I mean that the weather often plays a role in how I am feeling :) and thankfully I’ve learnt to only let it have a positive impact on me.
I like doing things in honor of the weather, such as listening to a song, doing an activity, having a cup of coffee or simply just taking the time out to sit and watch it. Whatever it may be, I work around it :) It simply is my muse time!
However, I never considered how lucky and how good the weather has been to me. It is easy for me to often forget how the weather has drastically affected millions of people negatively. Whether in the form of hurricanes, floods, snow or heat, the weather, in many instances, has left people without homes, workplaces, schools and hospitals. Today, the human mind has found and invented many means that allow a sustainable life regardless of the weather. Yet it maintains and always will be beyond our control. Even with those most fortunate of us, with a good enough shelter, the weather can turn to a monstrous uncontrollable above superpower leaving us practically helpless to it. It makes a lot of sense that the civilizations before the Abrahamic religions came out, regarded forces of nature such as the sun, sky, rain, etc .as their gods. For at that time their survival depended a great deal on the weather and how much they could work around it.
So since it is very important to me, I just wanted to make sure that I am truly thankful for the weather that I’ve had and am experiencing. and hopefully will continue to be!
2 comments:
During the summers while I was living with my parents, all of us would have to go to the basement if there was a threat of a tornado. It was scary, certainly.
Then, it was comforting as well, to go down there and all sit together with our flashlights and books and the radio turned to a static-y AM station while we listened to the wind beat sticks and things into the side of the house. When it got really bad we'd have our dogs down there as well, and Lily, our cat, lives in the basement anyway; I'm sure she welcomed the company. I remember these occasions very well.
It isn't always the case, but sometimes even dangerous weather is something to enjoy :)
Our weather this time of the year? Well, let's just say I enjoy the first snow somewhat, but for the rest of winter, I could live without it. Maybe I should consider moving south? Ha.
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