Bring on the Rain!

Lately I have been pondering quite a bit about being. A talk that really inspired me during the most recent general conference was by Lynn G. Robbins entitled “What Manner of Men and Women Ought Ye to Be?” Then the weekend after general conference I was able to go to Time Out for Women in Fresno with 4 amazing women. The weekend was hilarious (I’m pretty sure I got the ab work out of the year from laughing so hard!) and inspiring; the theme was “Choose to Become” Coincidence? I think not!

So I was sitting at Time Out for Women wondering why this theme keeps showing up and wondering how to perfectly express who I am striving to be. I have a mirror in my room where I have written about 20 I am statements that express who I want to be. Like I am loved, I am witty, I am abundance etc. But how could I possibly tie all of these things together? Was it possible to wrap who I am and who I want to be up into one little neatly wrapped package? Then Hilary Weeks got up and sang a song. (By the way, I totally LOVED Hilary Weeks! This is a picture of me and my friends with Hilary.)


It was like I got hit with a bolt of lightning! The song was about dancing in the rain and that is exactly what my heart and mind started to do as I sat under my inspirational storm cloud. I wanted to stand up and shout I AM A DANCING IN THE RAIN KIND OF GIRL! It fit so perfectly! Anyone who knows me knows how much I love to dance, and my family can attest to the fact that dancing in the rain is something that I will participate in on a regular basis given the opportunity. In fact, it was raining pretty hardcore in Modesto about 2 weeks ago so naturally I suited up to dance in it! I made my roommate take pictures :) There is literally a stream of water falling on my head from the rain gutter in this one!
However, this isn’t just about literally dancing in the rain. One of my favorite sayings is that life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain. Life is full of storms, and I truly believe that it isn’t the condition we’re in that brings us happiness, but how we respond to the conditions. I like to think that I am brave enough to face the storms and still stand, but I don’t want to just be left there standing. I want to dance in the rain until my fears are washed away. I want to be the girl who, after the storm has passed, is sopping wet, sore, out of breath, rubbing the calluses on my feet, and thanking the rain for letting me practice some sweet dance moves and gracing my life with a beautiful rainbow. So pretty much what I'm trying to say is, I'm a dancing in the rain kind of girl, so bring it on!