Rain, or Shine?

I have a theory. It’s a silly theory, but it still holds some truth to it. It was formulated by myself and some friends in Dublin Ireland, in 2012. The original thought came after a fairly lively pub crawl, and it was, in a large part due to some stand up comedy we had seen earlier in the evening. 

We were sat in a dimly lit pub in the early hours of the morning finishing yet another pint of Guinness. But from what I remember it goes like this; People who live in rainy climates, are typically happier than those who live in more fair weather areas. It was all just a laughing matter at the time, and we had joked about how people in the Okanagan couldn’t handle any type of weather that wasn’t perfect; but it wasn’t until I moved somewhere rainy again that I realized how true it seems to be. If you live in the Okanagan, how many times have you said to yourself that “people forget how to drive as soon as it rains or snows”?  Probably every single time it rains and folks start ice skating in their vehicles.  Golfers sit on the nineteenth green, boats stay moored at the marina’s, and god forbid you have to leave your house if you’re not working on a rainy day. I always appreciated the shocked looks on Okanaganers (Okanaganites? whatever; you know what I mean) faces when I’d tell them I don’t mind the rain!  In Dublin, and now in Victoria, it is so natural to have to deal with less that perfect weather on a regular basis, that it has become second nature to find the good parts of the “bad” weather. Be it catching a quick drop on your tongue before you step inside, the way the rain makes every part of a city smell and feel fresher; or just the rainbow and the end of it. Rain has it’s good parts. Regardless of where you live in Canada, we are fortunate, and very spoiled when it comes to weather and climate, BC more so than others in my (very biased) opinion; but I have yet to find an area with a higher level of entitlement to the sun than the Okanagan Valley! It’s as if there is a curse anytime the weather push’s the residence towards an activity that isn’t over indulging in booze on a beach, a boat, or bougies. Maybe it’s the fact that it rains so sparsely there in the summer months that the grey skies seem even darker; or possibly its that it rains enough in other areas that it gives those who live in it a different perspective as to how nice the sunshine is!

If your biggest problem for a day is that it’s too wet outside to go enjoy your day; I truly believe that you have no choice but to feel nothing but thankful. At the end of the day, you can feel however you choose, but I for one would choose to look towards the positives of the things we have no control over.  There has to be a reason the song isn’t “Singing in the Sun” right?