Rain drops keep falling on my head

I do love the Forest Gump song -

Those raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'

But there's one thing I know
The blues they send to meet me won't defeat me
It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me

Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me
'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me

Rains - they bring a lot to the mind...

Rains, bring to mind soothing respite from scorching heat.

Rains bring to mind a cup of some hot drink, and a snuggle inside a blanket, if that is what seems comfortable.

Rains bring to mind, times spent indoors with friends, chatting all the way, nothing else to do. Teasing each other, having fun, laughing....

Rains bring to mind nice times, quality times spent alone. Times where you feel like listening to music, and feeling one with that, The whole world is immersed in that music.

Rains bring to mind, splashing waters around, umbrellas not enough to protect, and finally doing away with the umbrellas, and playing around in the rain!

Rains bring to mind, some mad antics in the hostel! More so the first rains after summer.. :-) Some laughter, some fun...

Rains bring to mind, days spent with family at home, no one able to go for work due to heavy rains. A day of vacation - one unexpected, making it all the more precious.

Rains bring to mind, nights with the continuous sound of pouring. Everything else silent, velvety dark. Trying to study before an exam, but distracted by the continuous outpour.

Rains bring a lot to mind, most are happy memories. But somehow rains also make me feel melancholy. A wish to go back, a wish to retrieve some memories, a wish to talk to some close friends. Or might be, not even talk, just cherish the silence of the friends.

But then, without rains, you wouldn't get the raindrops sparkling on the leaves in the sun, nor would you get the magnificent rainbow! So I still would wish for rains, because though its sad at times, it helps cherish old memories, things which you dont remember in the mundane course of life... :)

What does rain bring to your mind?

Have you observed something nice today?

People generally get fed up with their mundane lives, and long for something new, somewhere new. But most often they do not realize that what they are searching for is quite near them, if only they had the eyes to look for it. There is a small 8 lined poem by Rabindranath Tagore which states

“After travelling a long distance, for a long time, seeing a lot of countries, having spent  a lot in the process, I have gone to see the mountains, I have gone to see the sea. But what I haven’t seen, 2 steps from my home, one drop of dew on one leaf of grass”

For people who can understand here’s the Bengali version

“Bahu din dhore,bahu crosh dure

Bahu baye kori, bahu desh ghure,

Dekhite giyachi porbotmala,

Dekhite giyachi shindhu

Dakha hoe nai chokkhu melia

Ghor hote shudhu dui pa felia

Ekti dhaner shisher upor

Ekti shishir bindu”

 

 

I appreciate this thought. Really how many of us notice the feeling of serenity that a blue sky brings us? Or does anyone try to feel the happiness on seeing a tree in bloom? All of us are generally becoming busier and busier day by day, and with the amount of work and the competition, we have been growing old immaturely. Stress and tension have been known to be the main reasons for that. But I feel, taking small moments off, might be 1 or 2 minutes a few times in the day, noticing something beautiful in nature, and feeling glad about it would help a lot about the mental well being of any person.

In college I used to feel a sense of homecoming on looking a tree with green waving leafs, looking as if it bowed down to welcome me back to my humble abode. Or as soon as I entered the gate, would get a glimpse of the blue sky with bright green leafs in contrast. Have you seen mall leafs emerging, soft and brown in colour, so vulnerable, at your mercy of you touch them, or as mentioned earlier, a drop of dew sparkling in the sunrays on a leaf of grass? Everything can bring a smile to the face, but only if we let it.

This is only about nature. Another thing which never fails to make me glad and thankful deep inside, is the fact that I have wonderful friends all around me, to share my happiness as well as sorrow if needed. So it is a choice each of us makes individually. Do we stay optimistic and smile with the sunshine, or do we grumble at the sun and heat? Do we create happiness for us and others by being like a prism giving rise to a rainbow, or do we become like dementors sucking joy and happiness from whoever we come in contact with? What would you prefer to do?