For this week’s meditation, we turn to a wonderful Zen saying…
No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.
Meditate on this observation during the coming week whenever something feels wrong in your life.
Here’s how to do it.
When something seems awry, breathe deeply, pause for a second, and start centering your focus.
Repeat three times or until you’re deeply aware and intensely in the moment.
Now focus on the issue or person or whatever that seems wrong in your life right now.
Ah, there!
You see, it’s not wrong at all.
It’s the thinking about it that makes it wrong.
So let go of the thinking and focus on the feeling of the issue or person or whatever as it exists right now, in this moment.
Once you feel the feeling — be it annoyance, anger, fear, whatever — be with it for a few breaths. Let it exist as it is.
Then, and here’s the wonderful part, then exhale and just let it go.
You see now?
No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. 
Chet
P.S. This meditation is one in a series that I send to interested people in more than forty countries around the world (whoa!) in my free EarthRain meditation newsletter.
I’m not too sure it works while shoveling snow.
Dee, I was too busy sweating the other day when I was shoveling snow to try the meditation.
Chet
This is so interesting!!! Just last week while watching an old Blue’s Clues with my granddaughter, they did a segment on what to do when you’re frustrated. Joe said: Stop! Take a deep breath! Think! How wise is that?
Joe knows what he’s talking about!
Chet
The snowflake meditation is a timely corroboration for me today as I reel in some recent perceptions of outer directed negativity, and consider writings of James Allen, who firmly teaches that we are our own architects of both negative and positive outcomes in our life. As we consider this possibility, I think we stand a better chance of changing our lives in a direction we prefer.
I’m glad I stumbled upon your website and blog this morning. Thank You!
i luv the snowflake meditation
particulary in february when it often reaches !00+ deg F (40 deg C)
here in australia.. just thinking of the coolness is magic.. and the
perfection of everything..
suzzi