Rainy Days and Weekdays

*Clicks the ‘Play’ button in the Windows Media Player.
Now Playing: ‘Loving You’ by Jonathan Butler*

In a lazy Tuesday like today, when rains seem to pour their hearts out and skies depict the gloomiest of moods, nothing would seem better than sitting back, sip from your cup of espresso and enjoy the music that suits your mood.

Oh.

Forget the alcove of murk the weather might hint on you. Rainy days can be the best times to think.

Yes. Think.

Imagine: In a hustle and bustle world of sunny Junes and manic Mondays, no one would have the ample time to sit back and reflect on the things he has in his life. Workloads, stress, and strains here and there – no one would bother to think of what he should be thankful for when these things are present like manna from the sky. Yes. I’m dead serious. Time would be of the essence to waste, and for most of us, taking a time out just to be grateful is one heck of a time-waster.

Au contraire, when it rains, you tend to stop when you’re walking without your umbrella. You slow down when you’re driving to ensure yourself (and your family with you) of safety. Supposing your work entails you to sweat it out on the filed, you stop from work when it rains; your prospective clients are doing the same thing. When it rains, our activities slow down or stop. Then we go to places or do things to while the time until the rain subsides. While idling, we have all the time in the world to thank God for everything we have right now. ‘Everything’ may include our partner in life, our stable job, our health, et al.

*Now Playing: ‘El Amor de mi Vida’ by Ricky Martin*

For some, watching the rain shift from the usual drizzles to cloudbursts can be very disconcerting. Do you personally feel the same? I’ve known a handful of persons who would eventually wear a stressed mood after watching the rain pour down. W-ell, the weather can actually bring out the sentimental people in them, making them remember – rather than sweet – very poignant memories, doing a bitter colloquy with their own alter egos in solitude:

‘Remember Carl, the guy who broke your heart in Junior High? Has he already married?’
‘What if Becky had stayed? Would I have the courage to tell her I love her so?’
‘I miss Dad. How I wish he were still alive…’

Honestly, it really is disconcerting, considering the ordeals many people I’ve known have undergone. But then, despite the big possibility of experiencing the ever-changing moods, one can still smile and wear a happy disposition during and after the downpour. The secret: The Law of Attraction. Try this, guys. Think of positive thoughts and things you want to happen to you first thing in the morning. Take note: think of things you want to happen, and not the ones you don’t want to happen. Example, suppose you hate being picked upon. Think of what you want to happen (I want to be left alone) instead of what you do not want to transpire (I don’t want to get picked upon). The forces of the universe just seem to coincide with what you want to happen in your life. Haven’t you wondered why sometimes your misfortunes seem to keep piling up and the elements of the world seem to conspire against you? There must be something wrong with the way you perceive your day and how it will unfold.

Just a little segue right there. =)

*Now Playing: ‘Let It All Go’ by Workshy*

You probably know Karen Carpenter. You know, the girl who used to be ‘at the top of the world’; the one with the ‘ticket to ride’, who asks to love her for what she is and that she won’t last a day without you. Karen actually sang two songs which are sometimes played in succession. She sang ‘Rainy Days and Mondays’ (from which my title post for today was derived) and ‘Goodbye to Love’. Noteworthy are the following lines:

‘Sometimes I’d like to quit; nothing ever seems to fit… hanging around, nothing to do but frown; rainy days and Mondays always get me down…’

‘I’ll say goodbye to love, no one ever cared if I should live or die; time and time again the chance for love has passed me by…’

People (many of us, actually) feel the same towards the weather. And while my coffee is now ice-cold (thanks to the 20-degrees Celsius brought by the air conditioner), my emotions are ablaze. And no, no negative thoughts, no bitter memories; all thoughts ascribe to the present, past forgotten. And though the Carpenters songs begin to play in my mind now, any poignant memories of yesteryears aren’t anywhere near the horizon.

Yes, the ‘segue' I referred to a while ago isn’t just segue after all: To be able to smile the whole day despite the hard-nosed downpour of the rain, you have to think of happy thoughts – positive points and things you want to happen for the whole day. I myself have started the day with words of thanks – for the And though songs of heartbreak, lost love and elegy may begin to play repeatedly like broken records, you won’t seem to be undaunted at all: On with the day, with the smile on your face; keep worries away, despite the rainy days.

Except when you love to drink coffee during these times and you found out someone had emptied your cup. Just like today.


*Outro: ‘Bewitched’ by Workshy*