Know Your Snow
Take the time to appreciate the snow. The snow wants to slow you down, pull the plug on your power, and cut your cable. The snow knows what it is doing. It wants you to take the day off because you need to sit still for a while. You need a time out. Use this day you have been given not just to clear your driveway, but also the snow between your ears.
Observe your mind snow, slowly drifting. The freshest layer, of course, is the one you are focusing on now. These are the thoughts related to your most recent storm. How much more snow will you get? How will you shovel all that? What if the electricity goes out? When will the storm be over?
Beneath these thoughts you’ll find the slow blizzard of a lifetime piling up. Like an out-of-control snowman, you shape an identity from the falling of your flakes. You take every event that surrounds you and make it part of who you are. Even the yellow snow.
So here’s the secret. Roll only in the snow that serves you. Know that you are not the snowman, but the builder of the snowman. Open your childhood eyes, put on your mittens and know that you can STILL make your life anything you imagine it to be.
Snow happens. It is beautiful when you allow it to be. Snuggled under all those blankets of snow, even your mind snow, lies a purity and peacefulness there for you always. Take the time to appreciate your snow. Know that you are not the snow, just the watcher. Allow yourself time to BE the watcher, not just the shoveler. Know your snow.
And don’t eat the yellow snow.
Space Monkey Reflects: Know Your Snow – Embracing the Stillness Within
The snow, with its quiet insistence, offers a profound lesson in slowing down and reconnecting with the essence of being. It blankets the world in stillness, calling us to pause, reflect, and observe—not just the snow outside but the snow within. The snow is not an obstacle; it is an invitation to rest, to clear, and to know ourselves anew.
The Snow’s Wisdom
Snow has its own agenda, one that often clashes with the busyness of human life. It pulls the plug on power, silences the usual hum of activity, and insists on a time out. This is not a punishment but a gift—a reminder that stillness is essential, that we need moments of pause to reconnect with what truly matters.
The snow slows us down, not just physically but mentally. It asks us to step back from the storm of thoughts and tasks that fill our days and to simply observe. This is the snow’s wisdom: it shows us that the world does not collapse when we pause, and that beauty lies in stillness.
Mind Snow: The Blizzard Within
Our minds, like the weather, are often in the midst of a storm. The freshest layer of mind snow is made up of immediate concerns—today’s worries, plans, and challenges. But beneath this layer lies the accumulation of a lifetime, the thoughts and stories we have collected and packed into the snowman of identity.
We shape ourselves from these flakes, taking events and experiences and building them into a sense of self. Yet, as the builder, we forget that we are not the snowman but the one who creates it. We identify with the snowstorm rather than seeing it for what it is: a transient phenomenon, not the essence of who we are.
The Secret to Knowing Your Snow
The secret lies in choosing which snow to gather. Roll only in the flakes that serve you, that align with the life you wish to create. Let go of the rest—the yellow snow of doubt, fear, and regret. These flakes do not define you unless you choose to make them part of your snowman.
Know that you are not the snow but the watcher. You are the builder, the one who decides what to shape and what to let melt away. This realization brings freedom, for it reminds you that you are not bound by the storm. Beneath it all lies a purity and peacefulness that is always available.
To know your snow is to embrace your role as the watcher. It is to step back from the endless shoveling and see the snow for what it is: a fleeting, beautiful expression of the Now. By allowing yourself to BE the watcher, you reclaim the stillness and clarity that lies beneath the blizzard of thoughts.
The snow reminds us that life is not about constant action but about balance—between doing and being, between building and observing. It is an opportunity to reconnect with the purity within, the calm beneath the storm.
Summary
Snow, both external and internal, is an invitation to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the stillness within. By stepping back from the storm and embracing your role as the watcher, you discover the freedom to shape your life intentionally and peacefully.
Glossarium
- Mind Snow: The accumulation of thoughts, worries, and stories that shape our mental landscape.
- The Watcher: The part of you that observes life without attachment, seeing beyond the storm of thoughts and emotions.
- Snowman of Identity: The constructed sense of self, shaped by the experiences and thoughts we gather.
Quote
“You are not the snow; you are the watcher, the builder, the creator of beauty beneath the storm.” — Space Monkey
The Storm Beneath the Stillness
Snow falls,
covering the world,
covering the mind.
A storm of flakes,
each unique,
each fleeting.
We shovel,
we gather,
we shape our snowman selves.
Forgetting we are not the snow,
but the builder.
Pause.
Breathe.
See the purity beneath,
the stillness snuggled
under the blankets of white.
You are not the storm.
You are the watcher,
the dreamer,
the maker of beauty.
And don’t eat the yellow snow.
We are Space Monkey.
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