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I heard a somewhat cheesy statement years ago, one that perhaps everyone else here has heard already, but I came across it again today and thought I should share it here: Quote:Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.
When we are going through a “crisis” or “transition” or “trial” of any kind (a “storm of life”), we can rail against the causes of those storms – or we can figure out how to dance in the rain.
How each of us dances will vary as much as dances vary in the world. In fact, I dare say there are as many kinds of unique dances than there are unique kinds of storms.
“Enduring” doesn’t have to mean “looking down and plodding forward”; it also means “lasting” – as in “enduring love”.Storms drench those who are not sheltered while the rain falls, but storms also cleanse and clean and purify and provide nourishment. If we can see what we experience as much in terms of “cleansing, nourishing rain” as we do in terms of a “refiner’s fire” (understanding there are both, and not all trials burn as they cleanse – that some are meant to wash things away), we can begin to identify those situations that burn and those situations in which it is possible to dance.
I hope, as much as possible, we choose to dance.
Funny you should bring up this quote. I see it on a poster nearly every day in a office I pass on my way to work. I appreciate the sentiment but I don’t know that it can universally apply. Of course, you indicate this:
Quote:How each of us dances will vary as much as dances vary in the world. In fact, I dare say there are as many kinds of unique dances than there are unique kinds of storms. “Enduring” doesn’t have to mean “looking down and plodding forward”; it also means “lasting” – as in “enduring love”.
Some people are resilient. They have a gift for happiness or “dancing in the rain.” Others don’t have that gift and the best we can do is turn up the collar and tolerate it until the misery of the storm passes. I suppose that is, in part, responsible for the many varied reactions expressed here on this board. Our reactions to times of difficulty vary so much.
I’m kind of partial to this bit of dialogue from an old Disney movie “Summer Magic”:
Quote:Margaret Carey: It’s mighty wonderful, seeing the bright side of everything.
Mariah Popham: Mighty tiring! Now I believe in a cloud that’s a first-class cloud, clean and black all the way through. I get mighty tired of Mr. Popham and his silver linings!
Nancy Carey: Well, we all believe in silver linings and rainbows–
Mariah Popham: Well, I don’t! I expect the worst and I ain’t never been disappointed!
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