Seize the storm

Pronunciation: 'storm
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German sturm storm, Old English styrian to stir
1 a : a disturbance of the atmosphere marked by wind and usually by rain, snow, hail, sleet, or thunder and lightning b : a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail c : a serious disturbance of any element of nature
2 : a disturbed or agitated state : a sudden or violent commotion
3 : a heavy discharge of objects
4 : a tumultuous outburst
5 : a sudden heavy influx or onset
6 : a violent assault on a defended position

No matter how you use the word, a storm is an imbalance – a pendulum swing in search for equilibrium.   Some seek shelter in storms, some of us face them.   It is not our moment of Babel for we understand, respect, and revere the power that is before us.   I often wonder what Solomon would say about those of us who really do chase after the wind.   Is it all really meaningless?

Can you remember the last time you sat and watched the rain fall?   What were you thinking about?

Storms bring out feelings and emotions that differ from the usual.   Melancholy, analysis, long trails of wandering thoughts – like a path leading into a never ending forest.   And yet there is this clensing, healing feeling, calling from the gentle roll of thunder and the pitter-patter of rain on the ground.

Time slips unknowingly…and then  you are there, seizing the storm.

Ecclesiastes 11:4 (Amplified Bible)
: He who observes the wind [and waits for all conditions to be favorable] will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

P.S.   Special props to my mother-in-law who went to the local library and found out the proper way to carpe the storm.   You rock Mom!!