Perfect Day for a Rainy Blog
Claire Coveney
It's pretty rainy out there today. A proper wet, puddly, soggy kind of a day.
What happens to people when it rains though?
It looks like they want to pull their head so far down inside their jacket like a tortoise retreating into its shell. This seems to be the case even with a hood up or under an umbrella. As if being lower to the ground somehow avoids getting wet.
Sometimes a makeshift cover will appear from a piece of clothing or a bag in which the person will scrunch themselves down to get under (even though they could choose to lift it higher to fit themselves under).
Then there’s the running as if to dodge the raindrops.
I like this quote from Tsunetomo Yamamoto, The Hagakure: A code to the way of the samurai
“There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you will still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything.”