Every weather condition is a venture of mother nature, an attempt to reach all the living creatures down on Earth. It is laughable, actually, that a downpour that evolves from minimal rain drops has the power to shut human beings down. A rainy day is, at once, realization and acceptance for humans; it is the embodiment of nature's power, which is often forgotten, over us humans. 

 

Isn't it ironic that the presumptuous and pompous people, who are suffocating under their millennial fight with one another, find themselves retreating when it is nature's turn to speak? It is refreshing to see that even rain has to let its emotions out sometimes. It’s invigorating to see how the shallow sadness of rain drops reaches a mutiny of nature, finding us and touching our day, our mood, our reality in so many different ways. 

 

It doesn't choose or discriminate, the rain; rather it shows its identical face to everything and everyone and it is up to the individual's sole ability and desire to grasp a meaning out of it. This meaning is changeable: sometimes seen within a book, a cup of coffee, a blanket, an earthy smell; other times found in a tear rolling down one's cheek, as if giving them the power to feel all their emotions relentlessly, as the sky does. 

 

Acknowledging emotions is a difficult thing; it is not something every individual is capable of. It requires a strength of character to  not see naked emotions as a vulnerability and loss of self-control. Only someone who is entirely connected and identical to the person they see in their mirror can accomplish this. We humans think it is easier to cry alone, since there is no one else to watch our flow of emotions from the inside to the outside. Acknowledging emotions, which is the basis of individual reality, is not something we can teach ourselves on our own. It is something to see, something to be inspired of, something to search for, and something to reach. The next time you see petals and leaves drinking the rain, watch them; follow them. See the undisguised flow of emotions to the shore. Find it in nature. 

 

Enjoy your DIVE,

Defne Bozkır, Zeynep Atabek