Friday, February 26, 2016

Smoking & Snow - #207

This afternoon I thought, if it is true, what they say, that sitting is the new smoking, I better close my Tricycle* for Spring and get my body moving.

 Making my way down the nature path and then through the neighborhood, I noticed that the snow was almost gone. What was left was dirty and unattractive.

 Feeling the pressure of being faithful to my promise that images are connected to the post, I snapped the above photo.

 When I returned home, I reopened the Tricycle and read an article, The Dharma of Snow.

 The science, provided by a geophysicist, explained how melting is a nonlinear process which makes it seem that snow melts all at the same time.  Obviously this pile didn't get the memo.

 What I really resonated with was this paragraph that I want to remember:

 "The highest expression of our human nature is to purify our minds. To clear away the clouds, the sheets of snow, the ice that we're encased in."

 I am looking forward to spring but want to enjoy the rest of winter. There has been something nice about hibernating that I'm not quite ready to give up yet. How about you? Are you ready for Spring? Do you enjoy the change of seasons if you live in Iowa? Do you have noticeable changes in seasons where you live? Do you appreciate that?

 Thanks for exploring the mystery - Nicky Mendenhall

 *Tricycle is a monthly Buddhist magazine. The article, The Dharma of Snow was written by Ayya Medhanandi Bhikkuni.

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2016 at 11:13 AM

    Hi Nicky,

    I think the thing that gets me about the season changes, is just that it's CHANGE! I just get used to a season and it's gone. There is something good about each one that I don't want to give up. However, I remind myself of the good parts coming up in the next season. Of course I think that I have found the nearly perfect weather place in CO. It also may be that time seems to move faster, so that I don't get tired of winter. And, I do like to hibernate, too! It feels like an excuse to stay home, which I love.

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    1. NicolaFebruary 27, 2016 at 11:14 AM

      I love what you said about it's just change. I think that is right on for me too.
      I just get used to what clothes & shoes to wear and then I have to figure out
      something different! Same with food. I'm glad you understand about the glories
      of hibernation and staying home. Right now I am perfectly content to stay home.

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