Forget not thy self

 You look into the river and see a reflection of yourself, it begins to rain and your self imagine is distorted. Is the distortion a reality of your image, or merely a false truth? How can what your eyes see not be your reality, your mind asks? And how can your mind protect you from the distortion caused by the rain? 

Your eyes are the river! When the weather is clear in our life's we see our selfs clearly, we understand who we are and what we stand for. But then it starts to rain and we start to believe the distorted imagines around us: the divorce, the money issues, the insecurities, and the loniness. We began to believe these distortions and forget the true reflection of what we look like and who we are. Yes, the rain is real but the problem is when we start to believe the distortion is really our self image. Walt Whitman said: "Either define the moment or the moment will define you."

No, we cannot control the rain, but within us we hold the power to use faith as an umbrella to protect us from believing that issues in our lives reflect upon our worth. Me, I choose to dance in the rain, for when we define the rain as a tool that God uses to water us so that growth takes place, that's exactly what happens. We grow, we take the lessons from the rain, and then we change clothes!