What's uncommon becomes common when knowledge is acquired.

"Some time ago, I witnessed one of the most amazing aspects of nature."
I was all ears upon hearing that as what a man of seventy years can find fantastic must be something out of the ordinary.
"Do you know that it rained at that time?"
What was so astonishing about rain at his place? It is an almost everyday occurrence in a tropical country like mine. I was going to say farewell and move off when he continued,"It was raining so heavily at my house up to the gate and after that point there was no rain at all. The children opposite my house were playing. But then they too stopped and watched to witness the road forming a border between the rain on my side and dry air at their place. It was the first time in my life I have ever experienced such a sight. You would most probably not believe me but that was exactly what happened and those children were real lucky to see it at such a young age.

He told me that since that day, should anyone claim such and such a thing is possible he would never be the one to oppose or reject such ideas as things can happen; things beyond the human brain to comprehend.

Yes, I totally agreed with him as I myself have witnessed happenings that others believed not. Actually, we refuse to believe something because of our limited knowledge and understanding. However, with proper knowledge comes understanding. With understanding, we are no longer amazed by our experience. That is why we ought to listen to others and their experiences, some of which we may not have the opportunity to have. And if we have the chance to try out things or experience them, we should open ourselves to them. Unfortunately, some have one-track minds and refuse to open for new thoughts and understanding.

Take my friend for example. He had not understood how rain comes about. He knows not that water from the ground evaporates. The air containing very minute droplets of water is borne by the wind to form clouds. The clouds carry these water droplets up and to wherever the wind takes them. As more droplets gather, they knocked into each other and form bigger and heavier droplets. Sometimes water condenses out of the air into these droplets. When the droplets become heavy, they will fall as rain. So, if the heavy droplets are accumulated above a certain area, rain will fall in that area only. Outside that particular area there would be no rain. So, it's as simple as that. It's a common happening. Nothing magical about it.

However, it is good to have something fascinating happen in our lives. It lifts our soul and brings us a kind of joy and we realise the wonder of being alive to witness such a scene. It lifts life out of the ordinary and tells us life is still worth the living as there is still something not yet known.

That is why to be a little ignorant is not a bad thing as it gives us a sign that there are still so many surprise, so many joys and so much more we can learn and do with our lives.