One of the thing I love about Central Oregon is you really never know when Mother Nature decides to visit with the gift of a snow fall. It doesn't matter that Bob Shaw says we are going to have a few days of sunshine with scattered clouds. It doesn't matter that the NOAA site say only a 20% chance of snow flurries...it is the gift of unpredicatability that she gives us.
It is a reminder that no matter what we think, we really do not have control over everything in our sphere. That we can make all the plans we want but if she decides we need a little snow and ice on the ground...we're gonna get a little snow and ice on the ground. There is a lesson to be learned about being hopeful but when it doesn't work, figuring out how to put one foot in front of the other without a tantrum. Slowing down can save your life...a man died while trying to run across the parkway, when the cross walk was only 100 feet away...slow down...sometimes your life depends on it...
And so, waking up yesterday there was snow and ice on the ground...dang...but then...you look and it is really beautiful. How can you be frustrated when it is sooooo beautiful. Life is forced to slow down and in the slowing down you really get to see the diamonds in the snow, the coffee smells delicious and a unrushed lunch with a friend never tasted better.
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