05/17/2025
Just some food for thought for your weekend. I love you all and stay safe and have fun!
I'm a deep thinker and I love storms. Last night a storm was rolling through and the first thought was for me to run out to the porch and sit in the storm. I find the rain, wind, thunder, and lightning calming. Yes, I know....I'm broken LOL
But I also started thinking about storms in relation to life. How sometimes we just need to sit in them and take them in and embrace the darkness that others seem to be fearful of and reject.
I also started thinking about how with every storm, there are warning signs. First, the sky gets gray. Then the clouds roll in and the thunder starts to clap. Where there is thunder, there is also lightning. The wind blows harder, the rain starts to pour, and the birds go quiet. A storm doesn't just come out of nowhere. The conditions have to be right and atmospheric pressure changes.
As with life, more specifically relationships, there are warning signs of a coming storm. Every relationship has storms, it's about learning the signs and learning how to prepare for and recover from these storms. Without proper recognition, preparation, and recovery plan, these storms can be catastrophic and sometimes life altering/ending!
Then comes the eye of the storm. People often recognize the clouds and rain before a storm starts, but tend to look past the eye of the storm. In the eye of the storm, there is a sudden stillness. A moment of silence before another burst of destruction that often is the most powerful.
It is in this stillness and quiet where self realization happens. This is the place of acceptance of fate and a chance to recharge your drained battery of the shell you call your "self". While there is peace in the eye of the storm, the people who are in denial of the storm itself or are incapable of recognizing what is truly happening, will be caught off guard and have absolutely no idea WHY their entire house collapsed for a "little bit of rain".
A message for those that do not prep and plan for storms....your public service announcement.....in your relationships if you do not tend to your partner, charge their battery, set up barriers and boundaries, refuse to listen or accept warnings, and don't do the work to protect what you have built, it will be in the eye of the storm that your partner will plan to protect their own assets, recharge their own battery, and prepare their own plan of rebuilding after the storm, and it will not include you. Because we do not want to carry extra baggage and weight into our newfound and rebuilt pieces of life that will make it harder for us to prepare and make it through future storms.
It is naive to think that in the eye of the storm, if you see your partner in peace after they have "nagged and nagged" or "complained about the little things", that they must have just gotten over it, forgotten about it, or have given up. Be scared. They are planning their come back. They HAVE accepted it, but not in the way your mind has concluded they have.
You cannot ignore the force of a storm without any preparation or protection and then be shocked and angry with the furry of the storm that takes out your house and leaves your life in pieces.
and yes, this photo was taken on my front porch during the amazingly beautiful storm last night âĪ I LOVE MY STORMS!
