Dodging Raindrops

It has been raining a lot this spring where we live.
Enough to encourage vigorous growth of trees, shrubs,
and garden plants. Not the devastating downpours that
created untold hardship and havoc in Duluth last week.

As a young child, our neighborhood gang would get bored
as summer dragged on. We argued about the darnedest things.

Like this debate . . .

When a light rain shower began, we would sit under a tree.
We discussed whether we would get wetter going from
“point A to point B” if:

1. we walked slowly, looking up all the time to skillfully
dodge as many raindrops as we could
                           or
2. we ran to “point B” as fast as possible, getting hit
by more raindrops along the way

We discussed this intriguing question endlessly . . .
                                    and we experimented.

Just as, in today’s world we discuss whether short,
intense, catastrophic wars are better than long,
drawn out ones.