I will be the first to admit it….

I GET THE WINTER BLUES

bad.

When we have days and days of snow and cold and gray skies and the dumb Utah inversion that sticks around for months…. I get down…REALLY down.

and when I get down I start to play the “I wish” game with myself….you know the one, it goes something like this….

“I wish I had someone to cook for”
” I wish I didn’t have so many wrinkles around my eyes…oh wait and dark circles…”
” I wish I lived closer to my family…or they lived closer to me”
” I wish I could take a day to just sit in my sweats ALL day and watch  movies”
” I wish……”

and it goes on and on and on and only makes me feel MORE down and sad and depressed about myself and life

and then one day I woke up and decided

I NEEDED TO CHANGE.

I need to be POSITIVE – THANKFUL for what I DO have

there are SO many people in this world with far less than I do, with struggles FAR beyond mine, people with far more hurt and sorrow, people who CAN’T get out of bed even if they wanted to, people who would give ANYTHING to see a mountain top covered in snow, people who don’t have hair to even complain about those bad hair days…..

So the  next day I woke up…. I grabbed some comfy new leggings and stepped out of my comfort zone with a new outfit and was reminded how lucky I was to be able to wear pretty much whatever I want to work – to be able to have new clothes – to be able to get out of bed and have a roof over my head!

To be thankful that I am able to support myself on my own for the first time EVER
to be lucky enough to quit one of my jobs
to move into a beautiful new house
to be have my health
to be surrounded by people I LOVE and who support and LOVE me
And even though I had to work my way through snow up to my calves to get to my car that morning….

I was thankful for the BEAUTY of the snow {even if I don’t like living in it}

I have been given one beautiful and precious life and regardless of hard times and lonely times I need to EMBRACE it and be THANKFUL for it and LIVE MY LIFE THE BEST I CAN!!!

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