Today when I started the day, I thought what a miserable weather. But after the wonderful evening I had the previous night and being woken up at dawn by a call from my sister, I thought may be I should take it easy. I did take it easy but by mid-morning I started to feel positively miserable with the idea of spending the day without human contact. So I cooked and invited a friend over for lunch. The dessert was to die for…strawberries drizzled with balsamic vinegar and sweetener plus a touch of white pepper. It was absolutely delish 😉 .
After lunch and light conversation, it suddenly occurred to me that I should be regarding the rain as a blessing. Basically it dawned on me that Basotho do seem to believe that there is connection between the weather and significant days in ones life. For example, if it is insanely cold than expected at a funeral particularly of an elderly person (usually female) then person might have practiced witchcraft. Similarly, if it were to gently rain say at someone’s wedding then those showers are regarded as but blessings from the Gods and God.
It is and has been raining the whole day in Gtown today and it is my birthday. Could the rain be a blessing? This is the question that I asked myself whilst I tried to suppress my misery. Frankly in answering the question I did conclude that indeed the rain must be a blessing otherwise our National motto: “Khotso, Pula Nala (Peace, Rain, Prosperity)!” would be meaningless. I also concluded that if I had a partner to share the day with, I would have not struggled with seeing the rain as a blessing. A rainy day is not refered to as BMW or rather baby making weather for nothing 😉 .
On the basis of my conclusion, which does or should indicate that each year I do get a little bit wiser than the year before, I proceeded to reflect on my birthday blessings. As previously stated, I had a pre-birthday celebration that consisted of gloriously prepared food with each course matched up with suitable wine and the last course being properly prepared Irish coffee (I am talking sideshow with flames during preparation). The company was also very good like it was today. But, aside the eating, drinking, laughing, and flame sideshows, I got the sweetest card accompanied by a very generous gift from George – thanks a lot George ;-).
And today despite feeling a little bit alone, I was totally blown away by the calls, smses, emails and facebook wall postings from family and friends. I am thankful to have you all in my life. Thank you so much for your wishes there is no doubt in my mind that I am blessed. I also know that there are many of you who probably just forgot but I have been known to also forget so I am not holding anything against anyone. I am truly grateful to all those in my life period. God bless you all <3
