[Don’t remember where I got this!]
The Legend of the Raindrop
The legend of the raindrop
Has a lesson for us all!
As it trembled in the heavens
Questioning whether it should fall–
For the glistening raindrop argued
To the heavenly sky,
“I am beautiful and lovely
as I sparkle here on high.
And hanging will become
part of the rainbow’s hue,
and I’ll shimmer like a diamond
for all the world to view.”
The heavenly sky told the raindrop,
“Do not hesitate to go,
for you will be more beautiful
if you fall to the earth below!”
–author unknown
that’s only half of the poem.
you can find the rest by looking up Helen Steiner Rice poems