When I woke up this morning it had rained. I love the rain. I love when the sky is heavy and pregnant with storm clouds. I love the smell that the air gets, so full of water that its ready to burst. When there's that soft, off-in-the-distance rumble of thunder and you know its going to rain. Lately, my life's been like that. Full of storm clouds off on the horizon. I, however, have been forgetting just how much I love that. Adversity; that's what I'm talking about here.
Who wants to go through life where everything is practically perfect in every way? No one. We may hate the climb up the mountain, but when we look back from the summitt and see just how far we've gone, seen the rocky ledges we traversed and the obstacles overcame... there is a satisfaction that sets in. Just knowing that you did it.
Today, with its overcast sky and raindrops, reminded me of that. Reminded me just how much I need adversity in my life. I've never been good when things are easy. I'll admit it, I procrastinate like a gold-medalist in the 100 yard Putting-Things-Off event. However, when there is conflict, chaos, disorder, when there are a million and one things bearing down that have to be done by the next day... I shine. I've always been good and making order out of chaos. I imagine it is one of the reasons I have exceled in the military, that and the fact that I have the ability to make quick decisions.
As I sit here today, typing this, I realize that I need to keep challenges in my life. I need to have adversity, I need to strive against something, so that I can stay sharp, stay strong and excel. The title today, silver linings hints at what I've always seen in those storm clouds. I know that they won't last forever. That soon there will be a change in the wind, maybe a nice lake-effect and blue skies will come rolling back in with the sun. That's my silver lining and it always has been, that nothing bad lasts, that there is and will always be change. So let a few rain drops fall... I'm good with that.
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