Some days the weatherman should look out the window. That’s
what many of us may say to ourselves on the mornings when we hear their chipper
voices advise that we might want to bring out an umbrella if we plan to venture
forth, only to peer through the curtains and be greeted with a bright, cloudless
day. Sometimes it seems they get it wrong more often than right. How many times
have we been promised a big snow storm, dreaming of a snow day, and then wake
up the next morning to a pitiful dusting of flurries? Or have a perfect beach
day, all planned ahead of time, be ruined by a torrential downpour? But I would
never blame a meteorologist. You can study data and make predictions for all
you’re worth but it never guarantees a perfect forecast. It’s just a fact of
life.
I think many people’s
biggest problem, myself included, is that we try too hard to see what’s ahead. We want
some assurance that we’ll be prepared for what’s to come. That’s why we worry and try to plan for the
unknown. But it would never do to carry our “umbrellas” with us everywhere we
go. Trying to predict what happens next only holds us back and weighs us down. It
clouds our vision so to speak. If we are too intent on figuring out the
forecast for our own life, we miss the beautiful day that is right in front of
us.
