I’m going back outside now,
to shovel more snow.
Will return to g+ later.
The snow is almost
as high as my house fence.

I have never seen this much snow since I came to U.S.A. The snow is still falling and very windy too, almost knocked me down a few times. Well, Nemo storm is still very friendly to me. Okay, today, seems like I will have to shovel the snow all day, all by myself, since I am the only healthy person in the family :))))) Not sure how long I will survive!

Lots and lots of snow!
I finally got home!
Just helped mom shovel
the snow for three hours.
Snow are still falling like tears,
but my mother said 
I could take a break for now.
After 3 hours I would not say, "NO"

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A summer breeze can be very refreshing; but if we try to put it in a tin can so we can have it entirely to ourselves, the breeze will die. Our beloved is the same. He is like a breeze, a cloud, a flower. If you imprison him in a tin can, he will die. Yet many people do just that. They rob their loved one of his liberty, until he can no longer be himself. They live to satisfy themselves and use their loved one to help them fulfill that. That is not loving; it is destroying. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

The storm will get really bad by 1pm.
I hope I can still drive back home, by then.
The editor said I can return home around noon.

Anger says:
“I can destroy the whole world.”

Peace says:
“Not when I work inside you.”

~Sri Chinmoy

Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel’s song, which had lost its way and come on Earth, and sang on undyingly, smiting the hearts of men with sweetest wounds, and putting for the while an angel’s nature into us. ~Frederick W. Faber

White Lily Closeup. Photo credit: Randy Neufeldt

Today I’m gonna try a little harder,
gonna make every minute last longer,
gonna learn to forgive and forget,
’cause we don’t have long,
gonna make the most of it,
today I’m gonna love my enemies,
reach out to somebody who needs me,
make a change, make the world a better place
’cause tomorrow could be one day too late.

The whole purpose of religion
is to facilitate love and compassion,
patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.

~H.H. Dalai Lama

One day, I was very upset, because my best friend got laid off. I love her so much and didn’t want her to lose the job. I was just a very young girl around those days, didn’t know what to do, when coping something like this. So I cried. In the evening, I went to see my Buddhist Master and told him the story. This is what he said to me:

“You are crying, because your co-worker
lost her job, so you are not happy.
You want her to return to work so
you can be happy again…
My Little Girl, you are very selfish!
Your happiness is very conditional!
Did you realize that?
It’s all about making you happy,
so you can stop crying!”

It took me a while to understand his message.
From then on, I learned how to conquer my mind,
and try my best, not to let anything disturb my inner peace…