India, Dec. 10 -- Well into my fourth year of the dreaded Canadian winter, I seem to have unlocked a personal achievement.

More often than not, achievements are often seen as big milestones, such as a new job, becoming a parent, acquiring a dream car, getting promoted at work. Of course, these are important chapters in the book of our lives, but there are key moments of transformation, somewhere buried within the big chapters, which are likely catalysts of change. At times, these key moments birth the big chapters of our lives.

Recently, we received a huge deluge of snow, instantly changing the landscape and painting it white. How the beautiful fall colours of nature metamorphose to greys and whites is amazing. The former version of mys...