Dancing in the Rain.
A letter about now – the lightness that waits in every moment, in rain as in sun, and the compass it becomes.
That morning a card had already answered me. It carried the line usually credited to Vivian Greene – life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, but about learning to dance in the rain. When I sat down for my daily letter anyway and asked what I should know today, the answer didn't bother with anything new. Exactly that, it said.
The letter takes the quote at its word and points it at the present: the lightness is not on the other side of the storm, it can be found now – in the rain as in the sun – and following it is not a mood but a way of navigating. "Amor Fati" walks the same ground from the Stoic side, loving life not despite its hardships but because of them. And "Now" already dismantled the long meanwhile of waiting for the real thing to start.
Read it on a day when you've postponed living until conditions improve. They don't need to.
Dear traveler,
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass – it's about learning to dance in the rain."
It is about the NOW. Find the lightness in every moment. Follow it. Surrender to it. It can be found everywhere. In the rain as in the sun. Never stop searching for it, aligning yourself with it. Following it. It is your compass. On your way.
Thank you for being here.
If something in these letters stayed with you, take it along – think about it, write your own answer, or just let it sit.
And if not today, that's okay too. There's no rush.
Until next time,
– Jan