is it just wind?

For some; a sense of urgency to close up shop and get inside, they also enjoy the fresh joy a storm brings but they’re safer and happier to remain in doors and wait for the storm to pass before venturing out into the clean crisp stage the storm has left behind.

Then for some the fear is too great and they find themselves looking for the nearest bunker no matter what. They lock themselves inside and board up the windows every time. Their pulse starts to race for the fear of the unknown, they would rather a storm never existed.

You never know what severity a storm holds as it approaches, sure some you can predict like cyclones and hurricanes; but even they fizzle out sometimes and do nothing but bring much needed rain to the parched land and may in fact do more good than harm. The logical thing for most people is to be cautious of storms until they know exactly what the storm has in store for them before they decide on what action they would take.

Sometimes a storm can be electrifying and bring with it such a change that a person’s life will never be the same again yet you find this person outside every time they hear a thunderclap, they hope and prey for the rain to drench them through, so much so they dance and dance in the rain feeling the energy build inside like no other energy they felt before, its like each storm they face is one that brings a new dimension and an new strength to their way of being.

For each person they have a choice as to what action they take when they hear the storm warning and I suppose their choice brings with it their personal experience, this is their experience and no-one can truly know the way they felt at each moment of this experience. Can you really ever truly understand another’s true feelings unless you experienced the exact same storm in the exact same way they did or can you really only ever try to understand and share in the description they give you?

Maybe the next time a storm approaches I will choose to react differently and take a new approach or maybe I will remain the same, the true fact is that I will continue to make my choices and from there will come my experience.