Today on my morning run it was cloudy … it’s been cloudy forEVER EVER. Where I live, we’ve been dealing with no sun, just clouds … and it’s been COLD, like really cold (we are not doing well over here … trust me)!
As I’m running, I’m thinking, could there be meaning in these clouds? Why must they go on for days on end? What could that possibly mean?
All these thoughts came into my head and I wish, just wish someone would invent a typewriter for our brains that could instantly type our thoughts (wouldn’t that be amazing)!!!
… I digress, so here are my thoughts …
What if the clouds are there to show us how to feel when sun shines bright?
What if the clouds help us to be still and think?
What if the clouds are a sign that we’re not supposed to have it all figured out?
Those beautiful clouds are dreary and wet and cold … as I continued my run I became aware of something spectacular. The clouds moved ever so slightly and there was light peeking through. That light was a spark, that light was me and you and all of us finding our way OUT of the clouds.
See this spot right here … there you are, that spot of light … through the clouds.
Those clouds are asking us not to look so closely at the things that bring shadows to our world. When those times come (and they do for all of us) find the light, find the bright, know it’s coming, know that this is temporary.
Those clouds are here to show us that the sun will come and light will filter in soon. Things that are cloudy will become clearer in time. It won’t necessarily happen on our timeline but it WILL happen. The sun always comes back and breaks through, shining brighter than before, illuminating a new path.
And if you can even believe it, this was my view at the end of my run. It was if the clouds were telling me, don’t worry, we’ll break soon — your clarity is coming — hold on to that hope.
As I’m typing this up right now, I’m squinting out the sun as it peeks through those beautiful MEANINGFUL clouds.