We Need the Rain

It’s not that the statement is untrue. In fact, it is very true. I mean, it’s not an insightful comment. But it is certainly full of truth. I was leaving my house and passed by a neighbor who was coming in from the rain as I was about to trade her place.

“We need the rain,” I said. Right. I know nothing about the environment or the planet or ecosystems – if, in fact, I am even using the right term. But, I do know that rain is needed to sustain our existence.

I’m not so much annoyed at my use of a cliché. I actually think it’s the reality that I am old that caught my attention. You see no young hipster would ever say we needed rain. Admittedly, I am not young or hip. I thereby make the following declaration – we need rain. Indeed.