Rain Rain go away!!!!!

It's July.........

It' RAINING!!!!!!!!!!

And I'm not talking drizzle.

Have you ever noticed how much worse the rain is when it's supposed to be summer? I don't mean physically. Summer rain is actually positively pleasant compared to winter rain. It's wet yes, but at least your warm, and so being wet could almost be described as refreshing. Winter rain on the other hand.....not so much. It's freezing, your already struggling to walk from all the heavy layers you've been forced to wrap yourself in, and the wind is, inevitably, blowing directly in your face driving the freezing raindrops into your forehead like pins......euuuwwaaahh...it's just horrrid.

My problem with summer rain is not physical it's psychological. It's the fact that it's supposed to be sunny. I feel robbed on two levels. Not only am i wet......i'm NOT basking in the warmth of the sun when quite frankly i should be....it's JULY!!! The English weather system apparently missed that crucial day at primary school when the rest of the class was taught about seasons.

Our expectations often affect our response to a situation. If your expecting a 'C' in your exams then 'B' is the best news ever, it's so exciting, you can't wait to tell everyone, your really proud. But if your expecting an 'A'...........

We're so lucky in this life our expectations have become ridiculously high. I was expecting a homemade pudding with custard for my dessert tonight and so a bowl of luxury ice cream is somehow, a disappointment. I'm sure if you weren't expecting to eat at all til tomorrow a two course meal including luxury ice cream would be cause for quite a celebration.

I know it's obvious that we have so much to be grateful for, yet no matter how many times i get told i still drift back into my own little world with my ridiculous expectations, and find myself disappointed or feeling hard done by. We are continuously presented with images of people who are better off than us and so we feel let down cos our world doesn't match up.

This isn't to say that we should necessarily lower our expectations in life, ambition and high expectation can be the very things that drive us to get the best out of this life. It' just that sometimes......

when we're feeling badly done to...........

when pudding is not lathered in custard,............

when it buckets it down in July.....................

maybe we should examine our expectations and be prepared to recognise they are the only thing that's stopping us from appreciating what we have!