This rain thing!

Over the years, I’ve met many, many people who love this thing called the rain! It makes them ecstatic, something about the smell and all that. I’ve always ben curious about this feeling, this love for this rain. I can’t stand it.

I’ve never seen or felt the magic that supposedly happens when it rains. To me, it is grey, cold and wet. All that happens is that you get wet, you feel cold and then you may even fall ill. The clouds are grey, there is no brightness, if it rains heavily, the city comes to a standstill. It’s like life has ended.

I hate feeling cold. The whole turning blue and pale, and if I look into a mirror, I see exactly what I’d look like as a corpse. All shrunken and lifeless. It’s so depressing. There is literally nothing that makes me smile when it rains.

Now, the sun? It is my one true love. An unending source of comfort, it makes me want to go out and enjoy it. It’s like a warm, comforting blanket that wraps itself around you, and tells you that you’re safe! When it’s sunny, the birds are chirping, the monkeys are jumping about and the cows are either glaring at me, chasing me or chewing their cud. It’s almost a perfect world. I can’t not smile.

When it is sunny, I can’t wait to get outside, start my day and live it happily.  When it is raining and cold, all I want to do is stay in my bed, watch TV and huddle with some hot chocolate or some soup! I guess rainy days are fine on Sundays, but, when you live in Bangalore, where it rains continuously for a solid three months of the year, you get tired of feeling low and depressed, just because the weather is dull and grey.

I need someone to teach me to love this rain. It is an uphill battle, I will warn you. I really don’t want to feel miserable for three months out of the year over something I can’t change. If I could, I’d make it never rain and always be sunny!!!

Anyway, who’s up for the task?