Beneficial Effects of Contemplating Raindrops

The rain is pattering outside, while I sit indoors contemplating the drops streaking down my living room window. Have you felt the beneficial effects of contemplating raindrops, rays of sunshine, or snowflakes?

Today, like every morning, I took a leisurely walk in our local park and contemplated the trees, grass, and dark clouds overhead. I made it home just in time-before the clouds released their burden, dropping buckets of rain across the land.

In Belgium, where I live, we're used to rain. Yet hopefully it will be sunny tomorrow morning, so I can offer my weekly qi gong lesson to seniors in our local park. It's fun to be part of this group, moving in unison, slowly, deliberately, with mindful awareness. I love hearing birds chirp and leaves rustle as the sun filters through tall pine trees, warming our skin.

When it rains, like today, we go inside the local sports complex, where we can practice this ancient Chinese martial art as raindrops dance over the massive windows. Observing, listening, taking time to be present... Like I'm doing right now, in my living room.

This is how my morning is going so far. This impromptu contemplative rain dance will most likely have a lasting, positive effect in my brain by increasing its flow of consciousness, creativity, and awareness.

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