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The interesting thing about this exercise in gratitude is realizing just how many things I have in my life to be grateful for. It doesn't make the challenges go away, but it does help provide a bit of perspective, and balance.
Today I'm most grateful for having learned how much of an impact keeping warm has on my mental and emotional well-being, and my ability to tolerate the cold, dark parts of the year. (Yes, I know that for normal humans it's not REALLY cold yet. For me, it's already into uncomfortable and bordering on intolerable.)
Winter has always made me miserable. But I am forewarned now, and forearmed with things like silk longjohns and tights and chemical handwarmers, and I know when I come home that I can put on my polar fleece top and burrow into the blankets on the sofa with a mug of tea and thaw myself out until it doesn't feel like winter anymore. I can't make it not-dark anymore, but at least I can keep the chill under control.....
Today I'm most grateful for having learned how much of an impact keeping warm has on my mental and emotional well-being, and my ability to tolerate the cold, dark parts of the year. (Yes, I know that for normal humans it's not REALLY cold yet. For me, it's already into uncomfortable and bordering on intolerable.)
Winter has always made me miserable. But I am forewarned now, and forearmed with things like silk longjohns and tights and chemical handwarmers, and I know when I come home that I can put on my polar fleece top and burrow into the blankets on the sofa with a mug of tea and thaw myself out until it doesn't feel like winter anymore. I can't make it not-dark anymore, but at least I can keep the chill under control.....
