RE: Daytime snowfall

"I sometimes experience something similar to bouts of pure happiness (maybe it's something else) - as if boiling inside, breathtaking and restlessness. But that's for a second or two. This happens when I go to work on a sunny morning and rejoice at how beautiful everything is."

This sounds a lot like the Japanese concept of "satori" to me. It's usually fleeting, but it's a really profound feeling. Basically, you see the world around you and recognize that everything is perfect as it is, faults and all. It's such a wonderful feeling and your description of "bouts of pure happiness" resonates with me.