The Snowflake Effect
The Accumulation of Stress on the Body
By Nikki Campanale
There's a fable about a little bird and a mouse discussing
the weight of a snowflake. It was the dead of winter and all
the other woodland animals were hibernating. The bird and the
mouse made their home in the same tree, so when the mouse
woke up and saw the bird sitting on a branch he decided to
make his way over for a chat. During the conversation, the mouse
asked the bird if he knew how much a snowflake weighed. The
bird answered, "One little snowflake? Well, it weighs nothing at
all. A snowflake weighs so little that it is almost insignificant."
