Like waterfalls, it flows from my eyes. Uncontrollable, incomprehensible, unstoppable.
How just a moment can change a person, an entire life - your whole heart. How nothing is as it once was. You are no longer who you once were.
When I look out the window, it unexpectedly is no longer raining. And the world, which until recently was a white winter wonderland, is now dressed in the most beautiful green and promises, against its will, a new day and a new life.
In the morning, I almost miss the elevator to the subway. But I hold it for a girl in a wheelchair who wants to get in with her companion. And of course, I miss the subway and arrive late to work.
In the evening, I go to my favorite fragrance spot, the green temple. And I already know that I want to test one of the splashes since they are on sale and I have loved Cucumber for a long time.
And for 30 euros, I wouldn't be making a mistake today. When I spray it on, I initially only perceive its laundry-freshness. It smells somewhat lightly spicy and inexplicable. But at that moment, I still do not suspect the depth it would soon reveal to me.
On the way back from the shopping center, I encounter the wheelchair user with her companion. She recognizes me and, against her will, smiles at me and waves. How small the world is. Despite the difficult day, I also smile and wave back at her.
The next day, I spray Rain for the first time for a workday and look forward to this new fragrance flirt.
Of course, I know the day will be modest, but I didn't expect it to be this modest. But Rain helps me stay calm in the face of injustices. It reminds me not to let myself be provoked. To know that there are more important things than giving in to the bad moods of some people. And it works. Even when a colleague sent a joke email from my account, I just laugh and say, "Well, it's good that the other one knew I didn't write those obscure words for her and that she already knows the jokes of the others."
What has all this brought me? Rain has kept my emotions in balance, through its pure, clean, and yet spicy nature - and this balance was rewarded. I unexpectedly got the opportunity to attend a training that truly interested me. Because someone else couldn't make it, and I wouldn't have gotten it otherwise, but hey, a gift horse...
And I was happy about the heart of this person (the colleague), who, unlike many other colleagues, behaves selflessly. The person who always seems to treat someone else to something, to give their colleagues something good, something heartfelt, which doesn't always have to do with money.
Of course, I also go for another fragrance flirt with Rain the next day and head to the training. Today, Rain develops a little differently, as the weather is cold in the morning, and I have to think of the statement from Herbstblond, in which she writes that Rain reminds her of the scent of cobblestones after the rain. Because today, her words hit the nail on the head.
Of course, something goes wrong again. No, this time I made the subway, but something else unexpected happens, and again something goes wrong. And what have I learned from Rain - staying calm pays off. I quickly decide to invest 10 euros in a taxi, as I would otherwise miss the entire prelude. And voila - I actually find one quickly.
A cheerful black taxi driver in colorful long clothes is my savior in need and asks me where I want to go and why I am so excited. And I tell him everything. He is very nice and, above all, very positive and says to me: "Look at the positive, the weather is so beautiful. And you are not going to a job interview; you are going to a training that you received as a gift. That's all so great. No reason to be so negative. Life is already tough enough; you have to see the good to make it worth living!"
He was so kind that he drove me to my front door, and I treated him to a 5-euro tip. He was so happy and so moved that he had tears in his eyes. And so did I.
And as I stand in front of the training building and relax, Rain develops a smoky scent, as if I had lit a laundry detergent cigarette. Somehow delicious.
And what can I tell you? The taxi driver was right. Even if life is often not so beautiful, it is worth enduring the bad things sometimes and focusing on the beautiful.
Even if sometimes it takes a summer rain, sometimes a storm, or sometimes a thunderstorm to cleanse your heart and senses again. And even if sometimes it takes a nice person to open your eyes again to what is essential and positive.
Because you know, sometimes that is the decisive moment to realize that life goes on. Even if you had already believed that your heart had stopped beating.
EPILOG
The Gray Day
The day was gray when it began.
Heavy the mood, like dense
clouds of fog.
The soul gagged so it
could not scream.
The spirit trapped so it
could not free itself.
The day was gray when it began.
The eyes blind so they
could not see.
The ears deaf so they
could not hear.
The mouth mute so it
could not speak.
Then God sent me a friend
and touched my heart,
and gently it began to beat.
And I heard the voice
of the heart.
I began to see the wonder of life,
I began to speak of the love
for life.
The day was beautiful when it began,
for behind gray veils of fog
the delicate redness of the beginning
day rested.
Elfie A. Vetter from the work Thoughts Like Pearls
Top Notes 
Grass
Clementine
Cypress
Woodland strawberry
Heart Notes 
Rain accord
Orchid
Sunflower
Passion fruit
Base Notes 
Musk
Tree moss
Amber
Teakwood
Gold
FlirtyFlower
Stanze
Parma
FrauMieze
Yatagan
Heikeso
Olympia
Salva
Aspasia0
