I'm watching the snow gently fall and am reminded that I've been meaning to write about my classes in hypno-meditation. 

I talk about gently falling snow as a metaphor for our thoughts.  Thoughts are the nature of mind.  They're always going to float through, appear and melt, appear and melt.  What affects (or is it effects?) our health and happiness is when we attach to thought which is our nature as well.  Attaching to thought, we create snowballs and snowballs if we don't gently melt them turn into snowmen.  You have taken yourself out of the present moment to create future scenarios based on information from your past.

Here are some typical snowmen:

• judging others
• judging ourselves
• creating future catastrophes
• wanting
• wishing
• wondering why

In our bodies, these thought patterns manifest as shallow breathing, heart racing, muscle tension, stress hormone production.

In our emotional state, these thought patterns manifest as grumpiness, frustration, anger, boredom, anxiousness.

In our spirit, these thought patterns take us away.  Take us away from the here where life is good.  When we're somewhere else, we can't give the people we love all of our love.  We can't give ourselves all our love and gratitude for the miracle that we are here at all.

This lovely picture that I drew for you is to remind you to more and more watch the drifting of thought (snowflakes).  See the sun (your spirit) and let it gently melt the snowmen (attachment to thought).  And remember to see the gift (flower) that each snowman gives you which is you are not your thoughts.

Love and light to you today.