Lessons from being wet in the rain
May 13, 2022, Friday
Dear Koji,
I am writing this while waiting for you outside the gym. You are still practicing basketball.
You don’t see, but I am wet. Blame it from the Florida rain that usually happens during this time of the year. I just changed my shirt inside the car and in my phone writing this letter to you.
What’s so special with being wet? From the rain?
I was thinking, for some people, it will be a huge inconvenience and could make or break their days. I heard people swearing and being angry because it rained on them or there was rain during their wedding day or..
But I choose not to be angry.
Being wet from the Florida rain is not a huge inconvenient. To me, it’s fun. While I was walking to my car dripping (I did 7k steps, half of that was under the rain), I told myself, for a long time, I haven’t done this, playing under the rain. If my memory serves me right, I probably played soccer under the rain when I was around 13 years old. (You know soccer is rain or shine)
That’s been a long time Koji.
Now this leads me to the lessons I learned in playing under the rain. There are 3 lessons I want you to remember.
- Look for the positive in every situation.
- It’s the meaning you put on the situation that counts.
It will take me so much time to explain these in detail, so I will write another letter for you in a week or so.
The third one is the most important one, but I did not write it here yet.
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
