Rain

   What a storm yesterday. I am blessed to have a great view of a golf course in my yard and from the upstairs balcony, you can see much farther then at eye level. If you view a place in nature on a regular basis from the same perspective, you get to see nature in it's purest form, one of continuous change. Certain events have a visual quality that stops your mind and you are totally inspired from simply looking. This is often after the most dramatic changes. 

   Subtle changes are the seasons which happen in small stages over the course of a few months. The dramatic, mind stopping events are large sudden changes such as to wake up to the volume and majesty of a snow scene blanketing the landscape. The quiet and muffled air is deafening in it's quietness if you know what I mean. It's so different that it's the "nothing" that grabs your attention.

   Yesterday nature showed it's force from a tropical storm. The sky swelling from sea water picked up in the Atlantic, dumped nine inches of rain in the course of single day. Seeing the ponds over run and the rivers of water made into rapids where there was only a walking path was incredible. The whole scene was transformed from the power of nature. This morning the sun is shining and the water is gone, looking for the most part as if it was only a mirage. You can experience the essence of life and your true self from these few precious moments when the mind has been stilled and the chatter has been silenced if for only a few minutes.