During the first good snowstorm of the season, I like to think that the snowflakes are little Chenrezigs falling. When we do the Chenrezig practice, we imagine light from Chenrezig coming into us or we are sending out light to awaken others and pacify their minds. They become small Chenrezigs, which fall into us like snowflakes. This is a much different experience of falling snow than the one I had a few years ago, where I was rather afraid because I did not have the right kind of clothes. We tend to live in our little world and believe it to be an objective reality and then wonder why other people are not responding in the same way. It is all up to us how we choose to look at a situation, and if we are going to come up with our little scene, let us try to always create one of compassion and wisdom.

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