I love the snow. Give me 20 degrees and snowflakes over 75 and sunny any day of the week.
I believe there's a power in snow. It represents a fresh start, a simplicity - a toughness that has this sparkly exterior.
Right, snow is just Mother Nature, science, part of the life cycle. But to me, snowflakes make my soul shine.
Every year since I can remember (potentially choose to remember, unclear) - I have spent time in the snow. And if you ask me if I'd rather be on a beach in the Bahamas or a chalet in Aspen - besides asking you to pay for both - I'm going to choose Aspen (and who's stopping at Costco for wine?).
I'm convinced I'm actually a better person in the snow. I smile more, feel more confident, and let myself dream more about frivolous possibilities. Cool - its December when it snows (I'm into California snow not Minnesota snow, I am not an animal) - so that probably lends itself to the new possibilities and dreaming. Kind of you to bring me back to reality.
Back to Snowland where I don't have to keep it real. I 've got the time, the blank white slate, and the warm liquor - to plot my next moves.
I'm not really sure what my motivation behind this piece (what us serious writers call our work) is. I'm certainly not in the middle of any real new beginning. I'm not at some big turning point where I've got to make big decisions and embark into a new chapter.
But I am always convinced that this fairytale I've made snow out to be - is a big contributor to my constant need to seek the next adventure. It keeps me from settling in any one space too long. The snow is an easy place to hit my reset button and reflect on my current groove.
The way the snow makes everything start fresh again makes me wonder if that's where I get my constant need to do the same.
Maybe my point is that you've got a whole lot of opportunities to start fresh. And no matter what's going on, the world can reset to neutral. You can become something new. Wash away that day before. Not everyone was meant to be sunshine where the livin's easy. Some people are destined to cover the world over and over again with the new ways they make the world sparkle.