Rain Time For Me

How did I get to this place of being in a box, being so uptight in areas of my life and not allowing myself to enjoy the simple pleasures that God has placed in front of me?

As many of you know I have had this desire in the past three years to throw caution to the wind and run nekid in the rain…well I didn’t do it nekid, but I DID IT CLOTHED and it was BLISS.

I was running errands in Wilmington while visiting my bestie, Kim Melia, and well it started raining so hard that the lights went out in one of the shopping centers…I waited until there wasn’t lightening every where and headed to a ball park that was totally empty (well minus the random park attendant truck that was lurking around every once in a while).

I was excited and somewhat still cautious because I’d never just ran in the rain for fun.  I lifted my face to feel each drop run across my face…the drops were distinct and sometimes stung my face but I enjoyed every drop.  I didn’t want to stop running, I felt like running for days with this free feeling that I was one with nature.

I was cold at times, as the dress I was wearing was soaked as you can well imagine.  I did stop for a bit and just marinated in the rain…standing on a cement wall I did a couple Yoga Poses in the rain-that was incredible.  Maybe I should do an entire yoga practice outside when it rains-how fun would that be?

Not wanting to have this free, blissful, and love filled time with the rain I got back in the car and there was this little bird that landed on the hood of the car that just sat there for a minute or so, looking around, it was so incredible-I felt like it was a sign from the Universe that again we are all one, nature, me, you, everything is one and to enjoy every moment in life.

What’s Next

My ultimate goal is to be in a safe, non-judgmental environment where I will be able to feel ultimate freedom by running nekid in the rain.  Nothing sexual about it for those pervs out there…but just tribal really or perhaps I’m turning into more of a hippie than I really thought…to feel head to toe one of nature’s greatest wonders if you ask me would be dynamic.

I feel like running to such things all the time, to feel connected, to feel loved, to feel free, to feel playful and stress free…this is wishful thinking I know, because I can’t run in the rain 24/7, or climb trees, dig my feet in the sand, etc.  But I’m doing my best right now to implement more freedom activities into my daily life…it’s a journey!

What have you done out of the ordinary, or maybe it is ordinary that makes you feel connected to something greater than yourself?

Running NEKID in the Rain

Ok, so first off it’s not raining right now and I’m certainly not nekid (and yes I like the misspelling of that word because it looks like it sounds coming out of my mouth)…but I do have a point here.

As kids it was no big deal to run around naked or have missed matched clothes even in our every day life…FOR MOST ANYWAYS, there might be some exception to this.

However, in nature we see that creatures are comfortable in their own skin, and at birth and as young children we are too…but somewhere along the lines as a human race (minus the native tribes tucked away in the jungle) we get so concerned with our bodies being something to hide with clothing, glasses, makeup, etc…how did this happen?  WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?  Why do people have an issue now with public breastfeeding but accept that giving an infant FORMULA is somehow more acceptable-when no one has a lawsuit again cows feeding in public?

There is a natural balance in life and I think that in finding more peace in our lives we will, metaphorically, have to strip down to what’s really natural…NO, I don’t think that you should go streaking through the mall right now.  But at the same time I no I’m not the only one that when it rains would love to just run nekid int he rain…feeling the natural water drip on my hair and wash away the dirt, dripping down my face and on my lips so I can drink some of God’s great nectar.

Water is natural, our bodies are natural, and somehow most people are more concerned with the tag of their clothing and making sure their outfit is trendy than they do with staying in harmony with Mother Nature (I’m just as guilty as the next don’t get me wrong).

Inching My Way

Do I think in my lifetime that running around nekid will somehow be “normal”?   NO, I don’t think it will.  But at some point I do feel personally, I have to inch my way, every day, to finding more balance with nature and my way of living.  To make sure that even if it’s a baby step of keeping peace and harmony with my existence and the natural beauty around me, that will be good enough.

That I will have some part in keeping nature “in tact” so to speak…from recycling, to not over using, over consuming, picking up random pieces of litter that aren’t mine will somehow help if only in the slightest way.

And maybe one day, when I have my farm and the trees and only God can see I will RUN AROUND NEKID IN THE RAIN and enjoy just B-E-I-N-G about of nature!