Dear Elizabeth,

> Your new friend,

Everyone likes friends :)

"As when a seed in fire is cast, it burns and cannot grow;
Do a good turn to evil men, it perishes even so.

"The grateful, good and virtuous, such men are not as they;
In good soil seeds, in good men deeds, are never thrown away." (Jaat
445)

> "Who would have supposed that worldly aggravations could be lessened
> by contemplating >raindrops on a railing?" Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano

It is not new to contemplate drops of water and see impermanence...
please see Jaataka 460:

"like as the dew upon the grass, when the sun rises hot,
so is the life of mortal men: O mother, stay me not!"

Adding my welcome to you,

Yuttadhammo