Life Lessons From a Rainy Day

How to be happy and optimistic in life

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“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.” — Rabindranath Tagore

Whenever the thought of a wet rainy day snuggles into my mind, two conflicting ideas come up.

One that appears of spending a rainy day pleasurably, watching a nail-biting suspense thriller movie or maybe a James Bond movie, while munching a pack of popcorn all along. And on some serene moments, becoming nostalgic and journaling about life experiences.

In contrast, the very idea of the chaos created in my sublime mind by images of traffic jam, harsh wind and the big droplets of rain. The thought that petrifies me is of being unwillingly getting drenched, escaping waterlogging and go out to complete some mundane errand.

Though I am not a genuine pluviophile, at times on some rainy days, I would look out of the window and enjoy the musky smell of fresh rain and be amazed at the beauty of raindrops.

In all this milieu, it’s compelling to admit that a rainy day at any given point of time among all the other seasons does teach us valuable life lessons, and this is what I…