Christmas

I'm sitting here with doors open and no sweater. Last week we had snow and I wore three layers of clothes. My how things change. We had a big Christmas dinner in the temple with snow outside and now it is like spring. When it snowed, I remembered the snow the day our friends went into retreat. The snow blanketed everything bringing a great peace after the hectic times of preparation. Where does it exist now? It is so beautiful here and so peaceful. I feel so blessed to be here and a part of this retreat. I assume many people would have a hard time with so much peacefulness but I am in heaven. I am getting to see how much of a habit being busy is even here, how I distract myself with silly stuff. But amazingly, even with distracting myself, my practice is getting deeper. this stuff really works - service is very powerful.