It is very cold, windy and rainy here in Auckland.

My 2 year old daughter and dog do not seem to mind it at all except myself.

Just recently, I had a chance to re-read a famous poem called "Amenimo Makezu by Kenji Miyazawa." This is exactly what describes my feeling, which did not interest me before, but now. I thought I share this with you. 

Here is the quote from Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ame_ni_mo_Makezu) *() I added 

not losing to the rain
not losing to the wind
not losing to the snow nor to summer's heat

with (having) a strong body

not fettered by desire　(not being blind by greed)
by no means offending anyone
always quietly smiling

every day four bowls of brown rice
miso and some vegetables to eat
in everything, count yourself last and put others before you
watching and listening, and understanding (objectively)

and never forgetting
in the shade of the woods of the pines of the fields
being in a little thatched hut

if there is a sick child to the east
going and nursing over them

if there is a tired mother to the west
going and shouldering her sheaf of rice

if there is someone near death to the south
going and saying there's no need to be afraid

if there is a quarrel or a lawsuit to the north
telling them to leave off with such waste

when there's drought, shedding tears of sympathy
when the summer's cold, wandering upset

called a nobody by everyone
without being praised
without being blamed
such a person
I want to become

雨にもまけず
風にもまけず
雪にも夏の暑さにもまけぬ
丈夫なからだをもち
慾はなく
決して瞋らず
いつもしずかにわらっている
一日に玄米四合と
味噌と少しの野菜をたべ
あらゆることを
じぶんをかんじょうにいれずに
よくみききしわかり
そしてわすれず
野原の松の林の蔭の
小さな萱ぶきの小屋にいて
東に病気のこどもあれば
行って看病してやり
西につかれた母あれば
行ってその稲の束を負い
南に死にそうな人あれば
行ってこわがらなくてもいいといい
北にけんかやそしょうがあれば
つまらないからやめろといい
ひでりのときはなみだをながし
さむさのなつはおろおろあるき
みんなにでくのぼうとよばれ
ほめられもせず
くにもされず
そういうものに
わたしはなりたい