昨夜丹佛又飄起了雪花。初春小雪，不疾不徐地落下，裝飾地剛剛好。一大早，禪舍住眾還在準備早齋，就聽到外面陣陣鏟雪聲，原來是附近鄰居，一早過來幫我們清理sidewalk（人行道）和driveway（私人車道），連門口的雪都清理了。
上週也是。上週丹佛暴風雪，雪還在下時，隔了幾家的鄰居，冒著風雪走來，專程為禪舍清出一條從門口通向外面的走道。
出入相友，守望相助，是人的美好品質，與膚色、種族、政治等無關。用心來護念，這樣的溫度，大風雪也不足為慮。
Light and fluffy snow fell quietly overnight in this early spring season, leaving a landscape shrouded in white. At day break, the monastics were getting ready for breakfast, and we noticed the sound of snow-shovelling outside. It was the neighbors who came over to help clear the snow along the driveway and the sidewalk. They even took care to clear the snow through to the front door.
Last week Denver had a heavy snow storm, neighbors down the street came all the way over, braving the gusty wind and heavy snow, to clear a path from the door of the monastery to the road.
A sense of community, looking out for and helping each other, is a common virtue, regardless of the color of our skin, differences in races and political views. Wrapped in such warmth, there is no need to worry about any snow storm.