In the saying sometimes attributed to Bob Marley or Bob Dylan, “Some folks feel the rain, others just get wet.”

When we get caught in the rain, we might stay precious and try to maintain the delusion that our shoes, socks and feet aren’t going to get wet. Eventually it happens, and you suffer.

However, when you decide in advance that there is a real and high chance that you will get wet, when it happens it is not painful.

Likewise, if we perform the Stoic exercise of reminding ourselves that things might go wrong, that we might have troubles, that people might be rude to us, that we might be delayed by some unforeseen event, we can embrace the circumstances much more rapidly.

In fact, we might even start to enjoy them.

For the podcast: Feel the Rain A Beautiful Thought