Things that make a statement

I have been practising Zen meditation for some days now.
And, maybe, it's the meditation that making me more of an observer of my own mind these days. Essentially in the meditation you just sit in awareness. So, after a while, you begin to just observe your mind instead of necessarily flowing with it or reacting to it.
Anyhow, that context explains the mood with which I woke up this morning. I had slept sort of missing mummy and papa a lot last night. I guess just being an observer to how I felt made me wake up this morning with a certain degree of openness of what else was to follow.
The morning had a weather that I have never experienced before - freezing rain. Icicles on every possible place - on cars, on railings, on every single little branch of a tree. The ground had ice that breaks as you step on it - feels like breaking spoon on an ice layered pudding.
Had a meeting in the morning which started with people talking about their experiences of the weather this morning. Of someone's big heavy labrador slipping in the driveway with every step he took trying to figure how to walk. Weather makes a statement here every passing day. It is something that you end up talking about, maybe, because you end up noticing it.
The morning meeting had a client team member I admire a lot. This was my 2nd in person meeting with her and she always leaves me inspired. She is always so much on top of her work. And, yet, she is always open to learn so much more. And, she does it all so easily making work fun. Being with people who do their job well is one thing that makes me find my work environment so much more desirable to be in for me. Such people like the weather here always make a statement without probably trying to do so.