Dance in the rain!

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, It's about learning to dance in the rain!"

I absolutely love a good quote and when I come across one that makes me smile I feel the need to blog about it or post it somewhere in my house.  With this one, I did both!  

This morning I woke up feeling a little blue.  The weather was gray, the hubby was away for work and yesterday I had to undergo a "not fun" medical procedure... eeekkk!!!!  I was in such a glum mood I decided the only way to shake it was to get out of the house and do something.  I called my sister to see what she had planned for the day.  We decided to go watch my niece at gymnastics and then head to our favourite lunch spot, the Degroot's Teahouse.  It was a great little afternoon.  After saying my goodbyes to family and friend's who joined us, I headed into Degroot's for a look.  Right when I walked in I came across a picture with a quote on it.. "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; It's about learning to dance in the rain!"  I instantly smiled and proceeded to buy the picture.. haha. 

The quote says a lot about life and how we conduct ourselves in the good times and the bad times.  Yesterday when I was undergoing this horrific procedure, I almost fainted when it was over with.  I said to the doctor that I felt silly considering it was a routine in and out procedure.  He said to me, "Whitney, nothing in life is routine."  I thought about that for a long time after I left and couldn't agree with him more.  Everyone expects life to be easy and when a lemon is thrown our way, we get upset and we don't always deal with it in the best way possible.  

But we have to remember that life isn't always routine and sometimes it storms.  Instead of stopping our lives, we should embrace every moment, good and bad.  Life is unpredictable and can be scary.  But if you can learn to dance in the rain every so often, life will be that much more enjoyable.