Everything Is Supporting You Even the Storm
July 2025.
It’s been raining cats and dogs. And so I thought maybe it’s time I buy myself a pair of vibey rain boots. There’s nothing pleasurable about soggy feet and soaked shoes. No one wishes for that kind of discomfort… but still, it happens.
And maybe, just maybe everything in life is meant to support us. Even the unexpected. Even the inconvenient. Even the hard ones that trigger the pain already waiting inside us.
This morning, I set the intention to create and launch an event for my studio here in Manila. I chose to sit in this cozy coffee shop just a few steps away, watching the rain slide down the glass walls like liquid poetry. Everyone around me is tucked into their own little universe, lost in their own unfolding. I had every plan to open my laptop and work, but of course the internet had its own mood. The kind that frustrates you just when you’re most excited to create. My laptop moved slower than a snail. I restarted, switched connections, did all the rituals and still, resistance.
And so, I listened.
I leaned into the detour. I started writing instead because the rhythm of my thoughts doesn’t need Wi-Fi. Just a pulse. Just a breath.
Music playing through my noise-cancelling AirPods, I slipped into the zone. I watched people move, but couldn’t hear a thing. This this is a dream come true. Whoever invented noise cancellation: thank you. The mind tries to make sense of so much unnecessary noise. But here, now, I’m in stillness. All I hear is music. And the steady, generous sound of my own breath.
This piece was born from that stillness. From that shift.
And I offer it to you now with one simple reminder: everything is supporting you. Even when it feels like a detour. Even when it looks like a dead end.
Here in Manila, many events have been cancelled because of the rain.
At 6:10 a.m., as I got ready for the day, I could barely see through my own window the rain was so thick. Zero visibility. And then it hit me: the weather is me.
The weather is feminine wild, unpredictable, untamable.
She can cause floods, cancel flights, delay plans and still be perfect in her nature.
So I calibrated with her. I went inward.
Checked in with the inner storm that mirrored the outer one.
I came to a quiet truth: I am like the rain.
She represents emotion. Grief. Release.
And when emotions swell in the eye, they cloud our vision.
Not to punish us. But to ask us to rest.
To go inward. To recuperate.
If there’s flooding, maybe something is blocked.
If something breaks, maybe the foundation wasn’t strong.
It’s not a reason to spiral into “I’m not good enough.”
It’s a reason to rebuild.
Because there is no crisis.
There is only clarity waiting on the other side of surrender.
Life is always speaking. Always supporting us.
Even and especially during the storms.
Maybe this is your invitation to return to your center.
To tend to the cracks.
To rebuild from within.
We weren’t designed to stay in comfort zones.
Not physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually.
And though we may look alike on the outside we each have our own blueprint, our own rhythm, our own sacred way of navigating through life’s chaos.
So today, I leave you with this:
May you harness the power that lives within you.
May you believe in yourself, even when the world looks uncertain.
May you see that life is always, always supporting you.
Especially when it rains.
If you've been feeling extra emotional lately you're not alone. This season has a way of heightening doubt and stirring up old feelings. It’s not a sign that something’s wrong… it’s a sign that something within you is ready to be seen.
Gift yourself a private 1:1 call, a sacred space where your emotions are safe, your truth is honored, and the fog begins to clear. Allow me hold a sacred space for you, to breathe, and gently uncover what’s been clouding your vision.
Clarity is closer than you think.
Joanne Genoza
Joanne Genoza
