Is there a better feeling in the world than waking up to the sound of rain? 

It has been one rainy summer. It feels like whenever it's not a heat wave or a smoke warning, it's pouring down rain. We've been victims of weather all year long, and it shows no sign of stopping. So instead of being upset about it, we should embrace it. We should feel the rain on our skin, as it were. No one else can feel it for you, after all. There can be something so beautiful about rain in the right setting. If you're bundled up in bed and you start to hear the pitter-patter of rainfall, there is nothing cozier. You know that the world is going to slow down for a while, and you have permission to just chill. You can let the gentleness of the world rock you into a peaceful nap, or maybe you pick up a book and let it take you away for a while. Either way, you're letting the weather take you away. You know when you don't want rain? When you're on your way home from work, and you don't have an umbrella, and you have to walk 15 minutes to the subway. You're worried that it will soak through to your laptop, and you happened to wear your suede shoes for some reason. Then you can fight against the rain. But if you're snug, then you should just let it fall.