A Rainy and Stormy Summer Day: Is it really necessary to always carry an umbrella every time it rains?

Out the window, I see the falling rainwater running, the sound of thunder is loud, and I start to look up where I see the sky has darkened a little. A simple question arises, but in this circumstance, it becomes almost existential: "Should I go out in the rain and do what I planned or stay home?" After much thought, I finally decided to go out regardless of getting wet, since I didn't have an umbrella at the time. I devised a plan: I would get out and run very fast to the bus station where I would take shelter, and hopefully, by the time I reached my final destination, the rain would have stopped. But the plan didn't go as expected. I barely opened the door and took the first step, already getting completely wet, despite my efforts to run quickly. As the water soaked my hair and ran down my face, I thought about how beautiful this sensation was. I was already wet, and there was only one thing left to do: enjoy the moment. Such a simple experience ended up being so liberating and so profound because it gave me the opportunity to reflect on the conflict I've often faced: whether to follow my intuition or deny it, repress it, and do what I'm supposed to do. This conflict is so painful because it often leads you to continue doing what you don't like or to neglect the opportunity to experience changes that can open you up to what we've always dreamed of or what our intuition tells us is what we need at that moment in our lives. And the less we decide to resolve it, the more we become ill, not only emotionally but also physically. Getting wet in the rain taught me in a few seconds that life is precisely that: an experience where you can't carry an umbrella all the time, where you have to let yourself get wet, for what you think will be difficult, walking in the rain, knowing that even if it's very strong, you know you're on the right path, the one your heart tells you to. There's a very great and indescribable force that also gives you the certainty that life isn't just rain, but also rainbows, summer, winter, spring, etc. That's where hope and faith emerge, that the rain is just part of the journey and that you have to enjoy it because that's where its secret lies. Following our intuition is exactly that. I believe that reducing success to the financial area kills us, because it almost always leads us to do something we dislike. It's true that we have responsibilities to fulfill, and we can't abandon them, but there must be some way to achieve balance where this conflict isn't the main problem in our lives. Where we can be happy doing what we love, without having to suffer for it, where we can be aligned with our mission in life, which is nothing more than learning to live happily and at peace with ourselves and, consequently, with others.