We met up with some home school friends today. When we arrived, it was beginning to rain and we saw a teen (tween? whatever.) boy in the yard spinning in circles shouting “I love the rain! I love the rain!” My girls were giggling at his delight and wanted to join in.
That moment has stuck with me all day. I am pretty sure I would NEVER have done that as a teenager. I cared too much about what other people thought of me. I was too insecure. I was craving the approval of others and never wanted to get negative attention for my behavior. Even if I felt like dancing in the rain, I wouldn’t have, unless I knew the others would approve.
I’ve always been somewhat of a free spirit and that was hard, not fitting in. Not being the same as the others. Not liking the same things. I also wanted to do things my way and that was hard too, when others wouldn’t cave to my will.
Love this post! We should ALL get to a place where we can dance in the rain without a care 🙂 I, like you, am a free spirit too & growing up it was hard b/c I didn't always see things as others did but sometimes I'd keep quiet or go with the flow just to keep "friends" or so I wouldn't stick out. How thankful I am that I learned the valuable lesson that you have to be true to yourself first, then the ones that come alongside of you & accept you for who you are – they are the ones worth keeping around, encouraging you to be yourself (hey, they'll probably dance with you!) GREAT POST 🙂