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There's a quote that comes to my mind, on occasion, which I love, and which sums up the attitude I want toward life and that which is expressed here.

"Some people walk in the rain, and some people just get wet."

Be someone who walks in the rain.

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Two weeks ago I was hacking away in my apartment. It was a normal Arizona summer day, clear skies and 106 degrees F. All of the sudden my window started rattling and I had no idea what was going on. Peering behind my blinds I observed sheets of water falling from the sky. We get rain like that maybe once every year. I promptly undressed, donned my bathing suit, and went for a walk in the rain.

I was shocked until I re-read "birthday suit" as "bathing suit" ;)

I'm with you. In college - being in Seattle - it would frequently pour down rain while I was walking between classes. At first, I would run and find cover like everyone else, but after awhile I gave up and started walking, head uncovered, treating the falling raindrops as thousands of gentle reminders that I'm alive. Once or twice, I couldn't help but just bursting out laughing.

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