The picture of the Italian Prime Minister running to avoid being soaked by the rain while the honour guard stood still under the storm is a lapsus showing his lack of self-control: instead of sharing the “fate” of his men, he just cares for himself.
Waiting for the next downpour, it might worth to read Hagakure’s “Lesson of the Storm”, 1 useful not just for handling a rainy day.
- Fear Not the Rain
You must understand the “lesson of the storm”.
If all of a sudden a man is caught by a storm he will run as fast as he can ? to find a place to rest not to get soaked.
But if he does accept that when it rains one gets wet, he can stay in a calm state of mind even if soaked to the skin.
This advice works for everything. ↩