Preparedness. When you know something is coming, you can get ready for it.
I knew there was a storm on the way. I headed down to the shoreline to wait it out. Fog gave way to dark, dark clouds. The clouds moved in quickly, making their way overhead and blanketing the whole sky. It got so dark that I couldn’t take photos without a tripod because my shutter speed was so low. I knew that at any minute, the downpour would come.
Sure enough, I felt that first cold wet raindrop on my shirt. I scrambled up the rocks and back to my car. The downpour was here.
Sometimes, though, the storm comes without warning. When we can’t prepare, we have to adapt. To roll with it. To embrace it.
To seek shelter and enjoy watching it pass us by. Because even a storm has a silver lining.