As I sit and watch out the window today, I am smiling.  Despite the frigid cold weather and blanket of fresh snow on the ground, I am warm and dry.  The birds are frequenting the feeders.  The dog is resting quietly.  Hubby is happily pushing snow with his four-wheeler.  All is well in my world.

I have always loved to learn. I take a part of each day to learn something new, or practice something already in process.  Some days I struggle with how to find enough time to do all I want to do.   Yesterday I took my camera for a three-mile walk along the beach to see the snowy owls that were nearby.  It was worth the walk.  I met new people.  I learned more about my camera.  It was a great day and I smiled the entire 3-mile walk back to my car.

I am sitting here on the weekend following Thanksgiving Thursday.  In reality, a holiday can linger for days after the event.   We all congregated at Mum’s for the event.  There were five adults and three kids.  Thanksgiving, like Christmas and Easter, is a “Three-Meat Holiday” in my family.   On the menu there is turkey, ham, and kielbasa.  Like every feast day celebrated by my family, there was enough food for a small village. 

Self-talk.  The topic keeps rolling around in my head.  Over the past week, I have been mulling thoughts about self-talk.  Why?  Our Strongest You mindset exercise for this week has been to think about the power of our words.