Strong winds offer insight

This morning, I took the opportunity to sit out on my patio and enjoy my coffee. Strong winds rustled through the leaves, creating a sea of green. The winds and subsequent rains are left over from last night's thunder storms that passed through. The leaves swayed in the wind like a dancer building to a crescendo. My bambo wind chimes, normally silent, clacked together while a cardinal chirped his daily ritual despite sitting on a branch that moved to the time. Drops of water hit the paper I was writing on, making me wonder whether it was raining or the wind was knocking raindrops off of the leaves above me. Velvet, my chow, didn't seem to notice the approaching storm, but my husky-mix, Nikki, paced back and forth wondering when we were going to go inside. The area I live in is known for trees being blown over quickly, regardless of the strength of the wind. As I listened to the leaves and watched the trees dance, it occurred to me that this is much like life: I enjoyed the excitement of the show knowing that the danger or pitfalls lie ahead. You have to take the good with the bad.