Rain

Have you ever been driving in the rain and you get to your destination, park your car, turn off your windshield wipers and just sit there as everything beyond your windshield starts to go blurry and indistinct? I love how that looks. Even more than that though, I love what happens when you turn on your wipers after all that has built up. I love the swish, the way the water sluices down the side of the windshield. I love the noise it makes as it runs down. I love how everything becomes suddenly clear again.

It's not as visually dramatic or with as nice sound effects, but I guess in a way, life has those kind of moments too. Times when it's so dark you can't see your way, when you don't know what to do, and you're in pain every single second of the day. And at those moments, it doesn't seem like anything will ever make sense or be clear to you ever again. Then, the wiper (whatever it is - a personal epiphany, a friend, a relationship) comes on and wipes away the stuff that was hurting you and obscuring your vision and everything is clear again. I think that's one of the best feelings in the world. Like when you can finally take a really deep breath and know that everything really is going to be okay.