If the day turns out sunny, wait for the next rainy day. Invite a friend to go along or take your spouse and children with you. Whether the precipitation is light mist or a torrential downpour, feel the sensation of being exposed to the elements and the comfort of being prepared for them at the same time.

Get all bundled up and make sure you have the right kind of rain gear. Wear boots and raincoats and hats and take umbrellas if you like, and merrily walk along as if the sun were shining and the temperature were seventy-four degrees. You don’t have to be out all day. An hour will do. Even fifteen minutes will work if you’re not so sure about doing this at all.

Smell the moist, humid air, and the fragrance of spring bursting forth. Think about the fact that the water coming down on you is part of a continuing cycle of precipitation, evaporation, condensation, and more precipitation. The falling rain is as old as the universe itself. The same amount of water exists today as has always existed, more or less.

Posted on Friday, December 5th, 2008 at 7:39 am filed under Tips.