Considering rain, I am reminded that experiencing the forces of nature is not always the most comfortable experience, though being a creature of water is comforting. The rain and all of its liquid counterparts unassumingly proceed as the most powerful forces in the natural world, carving canyons, flooding cities, growing all life, covering over 70% of the earth’s surface.

The current feeling of anticipation can be honored for its mere existence in this moment. I try to ask myself at these intersections, “What if I focused on that feeling I am having and not on the subject I am feeling for?” Then that’s where the ineffable magic of living is held for a moment.