What is there more welcome than sunshine after a long stretch of gloomy weather? After several consecutive days of rain, fog, or overcast skies, the sight of sunrise is like healing in the bones. Shafts of light catching on the stone retaining wall, reflecting off the dew-drenched grass or streaming through the blinds of east windows bring a restoring brightness into our spirits, suggesting that today, things not only will be better; they already are.

On a morning like this, it seems easier to smile, easier to take things in stride, easier to expect good. There’s a freshness around us as if the rains have brought a cleansing, not only of the streets and driveways, but somehow even within us.

It’s a pretty wonderful thing to see the world conspiring to bring us hope. Even better to know that he who sends both sunshine and rain makes his face to shine upon us.

Regardless of the weather.

H. Arnett
5/18/10