Truths: Part I: The Sound Of Rain

It’s been a while since I first wrote these thoughts as a long form essay on a blog. I wanted to break it down some, make it more impactful by making it a quicker read that you can digest in bite size bits.

I was listening to Alan Watts and he said something simple but profound: the sound of rain requires no translation. That stopped me cold. Think about it. No matter where you’re from, what language you speak, or what brought you to this moment, the rain sounds the same to everyone. The pitter patter, the feeling of wetness, the smell in the air; it doesn’t matter who you are, you just know it.

That’s the thing about universal truths. They don’t need explanation. Love. Kindness. Beauty. Honesty. You can try to describe them, but your words will always fall short. When you feel them, you just know. It hits you straight through, no middleman, no translation required.

We spend so much time trying to explain what should only be felt. But the deepest truths are more like the rain; simple, undeniable, and understood by everyone who experiences them.

Takeaway: Pay attention to what you feel more than what you can explain. The truths that matter most don’t need words to prove they’re real.

Extra Credit: Think about truths that you have been ignoring, or you have noticed but decided not to heed. Think about how that affected you later on.