After rain

There is a freshness to the land after rain. The dust is gone and the air smells better. Everything that lives welcomes the arrival of the water, except the bridal party.

Vitality increases in animal movement or one easily believes this to be so, due to a change in the mind. The bird song becomes more energetic. There is happiness! There is new hope!

Are all the living things around capable of hope? Without a brain capable of reflection, it is unlikely… No! Don’t go there.

The renewed vigour in leaf growth, the more hurried search for food caused by animals trying to get warm and dry, all these and more signs are sufficient proof that the behaviours associated with hope have kicked in, whether hope in the consciousness sense has been experienced or not.