The wind is an interesting force. It can be felt but not seen directly. It is visible only in the effect it has on our physical surroundings. The bending trees, whipping grass, and billowing dirt, are all visible incarnations of the wind. The wind can be both a positive and a negative force. It can generate electricity through wind turbines, cool us off on a hot summer day, or push a sailboat across a lake. It can rip the roof off a house, intensify the misery of an ice cold winter day, or push a small grass fire into a roaring 50 square mile inferno.
The wind seems to have a life all its own. It can speak as it rushes through trees and past buildings. It can spring out of nowhere, and disappear just as suddenly. It is both loved and hated depending on the situation. A bike ride into a strong head wind can be miserable, just as a dead still, broiling hot summer day can be miserable. Flying a kite in the wind is pleasant just as sitting on the porch listening to a wind chime is pleasant.
The wind comes and goes, sometimes we wish for it, and sometimes we wish for it to go away. The wind doesn’t know or care what we want, what it wants is to rush on and on, and what the wind does best is what it wants.
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