Weather lesson :)

Today was a strange day. I woke up to rain - pouring, driving rain. And wind. Buffeting, roaring, wind. The wind was a constant throughout the day. The rain came and went, interspersed by periods of sunshine. Clouds raced across the sky and the raindrops raced each other to pelt down on everything. When I went for a walk, the wind beat against my body and tossed the tops of trees into a mad dance. At home, the house shook sometimes to sudden extra-gusty winds and windows creaked in complaint. At times like these, in spite of all our technological advances, we begin to feel like marionettes. Mere stick-like figures that nature can break in an instant. And wipe off its path for good measure. It seems to say to us "Bah! who do you think you are? You infant on this planet ... strutting about, broad-chested... take this tsunami, this hurricane, this earthquake ... " And, of course, we never learn. Our ego never lets us. We continue to strut and preen and pretend we are the lords of all we see, until one day we manage to wipe ourselves off this planet. And nature, of course, goes on happily without us. Hah! And has the last laugh to boot :)