A Time of Thanksgiving Is Once Again Here

            Many people suffer from seasonal
depression. This quick exercise can help even
the most defeatist attitudes. Learning the good,
ignoring the bad takes practice and know-how.
Practice looking into your memory for the good
things in life also helps your outlook on life.

           May you all have a safe and happy holidays
this year and all year round. 

  "Reasons for the Seasons"

     Around Thanksgiving time, there is a popular

concept that can help put the last year in perspective.

     Gather in a group, or gather yourself together

to get ready for the activity of the season.

     On a blank zerox piece of paper, put in the

center of it the phrase, " I Am Thankful For ".

     Then, it is customary to think of things

that you are thankful for. Put it down on the paper

and put as many as you can. If you want to make
more than one, well that is a good thing.

     When you are done, place it in an area where

you can read it to remember all the things you are

thankful for and the reasons you are thankful.

     After a few years, (if the activity was saved),

you can view the activities side by side.  It is

amazing how different they might turn out to be.

     I learned this activity during a theraputic group

gathering.

    Every year, I try to write thank you letters to family

and friends telling them through those letters how

thankful I am to have them in my life. With practice 

looking at the good thoughts, negativity takes a back seat. 

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