“It wasn’t supposed to rain today”

Let’s pretend that we have a legitimate claim on what the weather is supposed to do.

Even if that were so (and it’s not) how much is our surprise or disappointment going to change the precipitation?

The rain is just as wet when it’s predicted as when it’s unexpected.

So when it rains, don a slicker and pull out an umbrella ... or get wet. Don’t spend much time worrying about what the weather was supposed to do. Like so many things out of our control, it does what it will. What we can control is what we do once we see the raindrops.

Is this another metaphor? Yes. I think so.