Slow down and watch the rain

Sometimes you have to make yourself take a step back and slow down. Tonight I decided to sit out on the balcony and watch and listen to the rain. It was really fairly cool. I watched a toad hopping around for about 20 minutes. I watched a tiny river of runoff turn into a small pond amongst the trees. I even got to see an owl swoop down and grab something out of the grass. I thought about how I couldn't stand to live in a dry climate. I thought about how in a wet climate like Florida, there really isn't a way to waste water. It all ends up as rain again sooner or later. I thought about how to that little toad, the tiny stream would be like a 30-foot wide river to an average-height person.

I've let myself become too busy. Thank goodness there's rain to help me slow down once in a while.