Neither Black Nor White

The snow has been falling all day in Flagstaff, sometimes heavily, sometimes not, resulting in around a foot of accumulation.  The snow is quite beautiful, pure, silent and gentle as it falls and accumulates.  The snow is also hard and unforgiving, requiring an increase in our work and adaptation.  Like much of nature, the results are mixed.  To me, part of being awake and aware is witnessing and appreciating the “mix” of any situation, embracing the whole.  In the past, I attempted to see only part of the mix, depending on my mood.  However, that was not realty.