And the sun shone...

Today, the sun came out. It rained in the morning (I could definitely tell by the soggy newspaper- soggy inside the "protective" wrapping), but this afternoon, the sun came out. All of a sudden I realize why I've been watching so much TV. It's because of the weather. It must be. Because all of a sudden, it's 7:10 in the evening and the sun is just setting, meaning it is still light outside. Joy. To have sunlight last until after dinner is glorious. And to finally see the sun today makes me want to not sit on my butt and laze about. It seems as if the sun brings with it a sense of life, purpose, energy. To have the sun out opens the world and floods the day with potential. I've got energy, I don't want to park my butt in front of the dim TV when the gorgeous sunshine is shining in through my window unexpentantly. You have to go out and make something of yourself in the sunshine. This is a great thing. Now, with the sun out, I can get out and walk around the neighborhood purposely if I so desire. Or I can walk by the river and be amazed and grateful that we live by such a powerful wonder of nature and be that much more grounded in my day. I can go to the park and chat folks up. I can let the kids loose in the backyard. I can let myself loose. Ahh... now if only this weren't just a temporary break in the rain, and spring would actually feel more spring like. I just want the sun and spring to share... trade days... not just let the big rain bully the sun into little half day appearances every once a week or so lately. I'll take a little rain. The warm, lite, springy kind of rain, that doesn't make the world soggy, but makes the world refreshed. Ahh... sun.