Rain catches the fancy of children and adults alike. Some see it as a sign of joy, while for the lonely souls, it spells depression and gloom. Through tears and smiles, the sound of falling rain on a rainy day, is certainly what matters.
There are many things money cannot buy, and one of them is the pleasure of a rainy day. It is on such days, that you can connect to your inner child once again.
Ever wondered why the falling rain can soothe an ailing heart? Well, the steady drumming of falling rain has a profound rhythm, one that you can’t ignore even in your sleep. It can make you cry and vent out your sadness, it can make you leap for joy in sheer happiness. That’s rain after all, the sweet tears of heaven.
The brighter side of it…
“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.”
– Author Unknown
“I always feel sorry for people who think more about a rainy day ahead than sunshine today.”
– Rae Foley
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
– Rabindranath Tagore
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”
– John Ruskin
“And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.”
– Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Everybody wants happiness, nobody wants pain, but you can’t have a rainbow without a little rain.”
– Anonymous
On the lines of love…
“A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods”
– Rachel Carson
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
– Langston Hughes
“Being soaked alone is cold. Being soaked with your best friend is an adventure.”
– Emily Wing Smith
“I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other.”
– Billy Bob Thornton
“Save a boyfriend for a rainy day – and another, in case it doesn’t rain.”
– Mae West
The sheer joy of rains…
“Life’s not about waiting for the storm to pass…
It’s about Learning To Dance In The Rain.”
– Vivian Greene
“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won’t feel like watching.”
– Fran Lebowitz
“One thing a mother must always save for a rainy day is patience.”
– Anonymous
“Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.”
– Saint Basil
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater”
– Isaiah 55:10
When you are sad and it pours…
“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”
– Charlie Chaplin
“All was silent as before, all silent save the dripping rain.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“It is one of the secrets of Nature in its mood of mockery that fine weather lays heavier weight on the mind and hearts of the depressed and the inwardly tormented than does a really bad day with dark rain sniveling continuously and sympathetically from a dirty sky.”
– Muriel Spark
“I’ll never let you see, the way my broken heart is hurting me, I’ve got my pride and know how to hide all my sorrow and pain, I’ll do my crying in the rain…”
– Howard Greenfield
Whether you like dancing in the rain like a child, or cuddling up with a book by the fireplace, you are sure to reflect the inner mood on the outside. Well to say, leave your sadness and your gloom, and become a child once again, go and drench away your pain, while dancing in the rain.
