Don’t Let Rain Coming Down Get You Down

The Carpenters had a song back in the 70s about how rainy days and Mondays get them down. It’s an old song that you may not have listened to in awhile, but if you look at the lyrics, I’ll bet you can still identify with their feelings…

Talkin’ to myself and feelin’ old
Sometimes I’d like to quit
Nothin’ ever seems to fit
Hangin’ around
Nothin’ to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

What I’ve got they used to call the blues
Nothin’ is really wrong
Feelin’ like I don’t belong
Walkin’ around
Some kind of lonely clown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

It kinda feels like you’ve had a lot of rainy days lately, right?

From Coronavirus shutdowns, quarantines, and deaths to a down economy, unemployment, and the inexplicable shortage of toilet paper and hamburgers — it’s no wonder why many of you might be feeling like you’ve been caught outside in a hurricane.

But here is the proverbial sun breaking through the storm clouds — you get to choose how you respond to the rain. 

You can sit inside and stare out at the downpour, or you can find some joy in the event. You can choose to celebrate the possibilities and potential that a deluge of change brings while others bemoan the monsoon and wish for a return to the old ways.

Get out your umbrella, your raincoat, and your galoshes, and go outside to welcome the flood of new opportunities falling from the sky and into your lap.

Before you know it, you’ll be singing in the rain…