Yelling At The Wind (and then laughing)

I'm in the midst of reading, "Creating With Others: The Practice of Imagination in Life, Art & the Workplace" by Shaun McNiff. I've just read a statement and wanted to share. He writes, "consciousness does not necessarily change rough situations or control them in any way. It's how we respond to them, what we do with them."

For me, this is very relevant to an experience this evening. I was walking to a meeting in the direct opposite direction of the wind. Mind you, the rain was falling and lashing against my face. In a moment of heat, I decided the best use of my energy was to yell at the wind - literally. I asked it, in a not-so-nice way, with a raised voice to, "just stop already" and to "quit it". After a moment of arguing and making demands at the wind out loud, I began to laugh, out loud. I laughed at myself and the situation. What was I doing - what was I trying to accomplish by expressing my frustrating by yelling into the wind. Did I think it was actually going to stop? After I became 'conscious', I realized that I certainly could not change the wind. But I could change the way I respond to it. Although, not immediately by choice, it was certainly much healthier and beneficial to laugh at the wind than to get heated, annoyed, angry, and frustrated. In the end, this was a great reminder for me that I'm not in control of what happens to me, biut that i am always in control of how I respond...