Silence of the Rain

The last weekend was very busy. It was almost too intensive with the final facilitation assignment, and the day after, the whole day of office work in Kobe, thereafter teaching at home. 

Monday evening, I was weary and feeling empty. I did not feel like doing anything. Around 20:30, I found a newsletter email about the Rosary, and soon after, I played a Rosary recitation on YouTube.

It untangled my heart. My mind flashed back nine months when I decided to pray and did it almost every day for three months. 

The voice of the channel invited me to stillness and the refuge of devotion. Nearly at the last moment of the prayer, it began to rain outside. Its sound in the late dark evening was serene and solemn. It washed me by being soaked deeply from my ears into my heart. 

This morning began again with rain - the gentle and contemplative sound is again here.   

I am grateful for this qualitative moment of life that has been given to me.