This summer time has been the rainiest that I have seen in a long time, every afternoon like clockwork, the clouds get dark, the thunder starts to rumble, and the heavens open up.
It may last well into the night, or it may start earlier, in the day.
The thing is, my friend and I haven’t even gotten actual hurricanes yet! The more I stare outside of the falling rain and listen to the peels of thunder, the more I’m grateful for the shelter and climate control that I enjoy. I pass homeless people on my drive back cabin from labor in the days, and I see them getting drenched in the rain. It makes me sad for them. They do not have a nice comfortable cabin where they can get respite from the terrible weather. Meanwhile, I get to care about my dehumidifier, which gets rid of all that heavy, wet air from the rain. I also care about my a/c, which makes it so nice and cool and breezy. It’s as if the terrible weather is not even happening once I step through my front door. My associate and I may have a tendency to take such things for granted, however my friend and I genuinely shouldn’t. I know one way I make sure I do not take my climate control for granted is by paying to maintain it so that I can rely on it no matter what. My associate and I should take care of the things in our possession that bring us comfort, but otherwise my friend and I may not be able to rely on them to continue to do so. That’s why I’m a good steward of the climate control I enjoy!