It has been raining in Portland, Oregon, for what seems like forever. It has been a rainy winter to say the least. Finally, the sun has come out.
When I was moving out to Oregon, I was told that Oregonians don’t use umbrellas. In fact, it rarely rains hard enough to need more than a rain jacket. I don’t mind the rain a bit. I do, however, prefer the sun.
Monday night, at my son’s lacrosse game, I got a bit of a chuckle. The weather was perfect. It was sunny and warm. After listen to neighbors complain about the rain for weeks (months), I thought it funny to hear people complain about the heat. On top of this, the spectators broke out the umbrellas. The people who aren’t supposed to use umbrellas were now using them to shield themselves from the sun for which they had, until quite recently, had been anxiously waiting. Am I the only on tickled by the irony?
This is life. We tend to be dissatisfied with the current situation. It’s rainy—we wish for the sun. It is hot—we want it cooler. We are where we are—we want to be somewhere else.
The grass is always greener? The weather is too…?
Why are we like this? Can we not be satisfied with where we are in the moment? Carpe momento?
This is our path. Good. Bad. Indifferent. We are where we are in the moment. Enjoy the present. Take pleasure in being where you are—in the circumstances you find yourself. Carpe momento!
“We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there’s always something beautiful that you can find.”—Mattie Stepanek
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