I love rains...and have enough reasons both logical and illogical for it. But as they say you don't need a reason to love....you just do it! My love for rains is long standing and deep seated...may be I am a sawan (Rain) baby has something to do with it...or maybe not.
The feel of that first drop of rain on your skin is inexplainable, it seems as if a message from above has touched you, something divine and beautiful. The smell of earth after the first shower is a blessing , it fills a place in your soul that seems to be awaiting it year long. The first walk in rain is unforgettable, when the drops make you smile and sometimes hide your tears. It is as if it brings out all your feelings in open. The brightness of the first thunderstorm lights up the world around , as if god is saying Smile - "I have not forgotten you". Rain is so positive, it cleans the debris, the mess and clears your vision. Only thing is that you have to allow the beauty of it to reach your heart and soul. Rain teaches you to love life, and love the fact that you are alive.
I would say a person who has never played in rain when a kid, had a dull childhood , one who never got his/her clothes dirty after splashing in puddles has missed something wonderful in life. When going to school if your uniform has never gotten wet - there is a memory missing in your collection. If you never sat in canteen or open in your college sipping tea when it was raining hard you wasted your college life. If you never arrived late at home rueing that it was raining but were actually having fun in rain - you missed out being young. If you have never walked in rain holding hands with your loved one - take a look at your love life again. I have some very beautiful memories of rain each year of my life and hope to keep adding to my collection.
Rain touches you at every age , open yourself to it and it will change your outlook towards life. But then it takes courage to go out in the rain as it washes away the masks you hide behind, ye sabke bas ki baat nai. Rain comes to clean the earth and your soul. Allow it do its work. You would feel lighter and better and happier. Enjoy rain, it is wonderful to smile when it rains coz then you are smiling with god afterall rain is a gift from above, cherish it.
The practical people who keep warning me about storms, dreary days, logged roads, traffic jams - I am sorry but your words do not sway my feelings - I simply love rains and the changes it brings in my world every year. You be happy in your pessimist world , I am deep in my rainy duniya.And my wait for the year ends, monsoon has arrived.
Read the following quote - "Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain". So - Dance coz Life is worth it.
