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I've never been the soft person who was put off by the rain if we were say already planning to go out for a walk i know a lot of

people sort of see a cloudy sky and you know the drizzle beginning to come down and think, oh, well, that's our plan's done for the day.

But I don't think that's ever really bothered me personally,

because I think there's actually something quite exciting about the rain when it comes,

of course, in a very gentle, atmospheric sort of way.

You know, there's almost this sort of layer of adventure that's added to any endeavour if the rain

suddenly presents itself. And that is, of course, directly proportional to the rain suddenly presents itself.

And that is of course directly proportional to the amount of rain that starts to pour.

But I think as long as you're prepared, you know, you have a good colon, you have a nice sturdy umbrella.

And as long as, of course, the rain isn't really, really too much to bear, which of course sometimes it can be.

There's nothing wrong with a little bit of water falling from the sky.

Sometimes it can add to any endeavour. It can make the journey that you're about to make. If you're in the right mindset to see it like that, of course. Hello, by the way.

My name's Andrew. And today I'm talking about rain. It's nice of you to join me. Appreciate you being here.

I'm guessing that you're here because, one, you'd like to feel a little more relaxed this evening,

and two, you like me, enjoy the subject and the sound of rain. And I'm hoping that across this gentle conversation,

I'm going to not only create a nice, cozy atmosphere and ambience for you,

around the concept of rain, but also towards the end we're going to start drifting off, meandering,

going to places that we hadn't initially seen, and see where we get to.

Hopefully that helps you drift into a place where you can feel a little more relaxed and able to drift into sleep, imagining

yourself as perhaps some little paper boat that we take and as we stoop down into the gutter

on a rainy day and the water is streaming down the road. We plop our little paperboat

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