Just the other day, I was driving my son to the part-time job that he had at a workshop for the disabled. The sky was very dark. A cold rain was pouring down. The world seemed silent and sad with both people and animals taking shelter from the storm. I turned on the car radio for music to take me calm. When I did, however, Karen Carpenter’s sweet voice came out, singing, “Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.” I turned off the radio. That was not the song I wanted to hear on such a day. Still, the song kept playing in my head as the showers(阵雨) continued throughout the day.
Later that afternoon, I was walking out of the bathroom when I saw my son turn on the television. A classic movies was playing and suddenly I heard these musical tones(曲调) coming from Gene Kelly’s voice, “ I’m singing in the rain, just singing in the rain. What a glorious feeling. I’m happy again. I’m laughing at the clouds, so dark up above. The sun’s in my heart and I’m ready for love.”
At that moment I saw that God in his loving-kindness had reminded me once again that all of life is a choice to love. Rains and problems will always come. We can let them get us down or we can choose to sing. We can let the showers soak our souls(灵魂) or we can use them to help our souls grow. We can allow the darkness to make us sad or we can use it to awaken the sunshine and love in our hearts.
What are you going to do when the rains of life fall down upon you?
I choose to sing with all the love that God has put in my heart. I choose to share my sunshine even in the darkest days and never let my music die within me. May you do the same.