{"id":302,"date":"2008-06-26T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T07:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sprajan.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/26\/of-rains-and-whys\/"},"modified":"2013-11-05T11:03:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T01:03:01","slug":"of-rains-and-whys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/of-rains-and-whys\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Rains and Whys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">I watch the sheets of rain slash down the busy lunch hour crowd&#8230; Car wipers working overtime, the roll of thunder, hovering crowd of people caught by the unexpected summer shower, a few honking cars, the darkening sky &#8230;&#8230; <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">It makes me gloomy! Why I wonder? Why do I find rains depressing on certain days? Why do the incidences pushed to the back of the mind come forefront on certain rainy days like today? Why do I feel disappointed and let down? Why do I not yearn to run out into the summer rains I love and get drenched? Instead why do I sit here moping and typing random stuff? Why do I let the growling thunder create an unrest within me like a earthquake opening up things long forgotten? Why does the water droplets on the tree leaves seem like the leaves are crying? Why does the distorted reflection of the headlights of the car on a puddle of water on the road seem like <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\">distorted<\/span> thoughts on my mind?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">Why I wonder? Me the one who loves rains&#8230;.. the human mind&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">So does rains depress you or do they cheer you? <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">This reminds me of a small incident in school that stuck with me through the years. Bored high school kids around the world sitting through a rather boring history class find tons of <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\">fascinating<\/span> happenings through the classroom window. Anything was a valid enough reason to turn towards the window. The rain being a cheerful event. And often most teachers would find the entire class turning towards the window at the outset of rains. Seems stupid today but it was a fun thing to do those days. And one rather creative teacher, stopped in the middle of a rather boring lecture with 50 odd students trying hard to hide their yawns and said, &#8220;Flash news: It is raining, turn to your head to the right take a look and then let us get back to our lecture&#8221; It lightened the room better than the lightening on the skies that day!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman;\">A memory that stuck with me.. I wonder why?<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watch the sheets of rain slash down the busy lunch hour crowd&#8230; Car wipers working overtime, the roll of thunder, hovering crowd of people caught by the unexpected summer shower, a few honking cars, the darkening sky &#8230;&#8230; It makes me gloomy! Why I wonder? Why do I find rains depressing on certain days? Why do the incidences pushed to the back of the mind come forefront on certain rainy days like today? Why do I feel disappointed and let down? Why do I not yearn to run out into the summer rains I love and get drenched? Instead why do I sit here moping and typing random stuff? Why do I let the growling thunder create an unrest within me like a earthquake opening up things long forgotten? Why does the water droplets on the tree leaves seem like the leaves are crying? Why does the distorted reflection of the headlights of the car on a puddle of water on the road seem like distorted thoughts on my mind? Why I wonder? Me the one who loves rains&#8230;.. the human mind&#8230; So does rains depress you or do they cheer you? 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