White out or Sunshine

By Jan Verhoeff

While blizzards rip the northeastern coasts, freezing weather continues across much of Canada, and winter steeps most of us in the northern hemisphere in white fluffy stuff or at the very least a breezy cool night, the southern hemisphere is toasting warmly in the vestiges of a mid-summer sun.  Worldwide weather is cause for conversation.  Interesting tidbits of discussion reveal torrents of thoughts about why the weather patterns are changing, how the Tsunami has affected out weather, or how drastically the changes in the tilt of the earth will shift our rotation.

Whatever the weather in your community, it??™s a cinch that you are decidedly having some.  And most of us would rather be someplace warm than wherever we are at the moment, if our toes are cold and our ears are frostbitten.  But history again reveals that most people are simply not happy where they are currently and want to be someplace else.  So the question is where?  Where in the world would you want to be if you weren??™t right where you are
now?

So, grab a sip of some appropriate drink, warm and comforting hot chocolate for those northerners, or cold and icy lemonade for those southerners, and think about where you??™d rather be.  Then consider the wonders of where you are right now.  It just might happen that you find, you are right where you always wanted to be.

Maybe that sounds a bit clich?© ??“ and maybe it is.  There is an advantage if we learn to bloom where we are planted, and be content to live in the moment while we strive to meet our life goals. We are able to find happiness in the moment wherever we are.

Jan Verhoeff

janverhoeff @yahoo.com

More recently, Jan's writing interest leans toward mystery and behavioral humor. Both are included in her latest endeavor due to be released in March 2005 "Out of the Box", a publication about the triumphs and joys of home based education, and the processes she's found that work best with her children and others.

Jan is the Editor/Publisher of Your Hometown News,email to:
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