First Snow - 2019





November 7 ... first snow for 2019 in Toronto!  A mix of thoughts and emotions flow through the Warrior Mindset today! 

From the “before I’m awake” o’clock phone call from my super excited daughter (whose now 13 .. ???) over Kitchener way - where apparently it’s deeper and “the snow plow has gone by once already!!” 

To watching the dog step through it ... not sure if it’s toxic or fun ... finally settling on fun 

To the - thank God I cut the grass yesterday (which I’d been putting off for about a month) 

To - ok - how long until spring again (by the way - only 133 days, 14 hours and 6 minutes) 

To - ugh - drivers will all have forgotten how to drive 

To - Grrrrr - it’s not deep enough to play in with the Jeep 

So I sit with my coffee this morning - looking out at the falling snow - and reflection on the absurdity of First Snow thoughts at all.  It happens every year here in this part of the world.  And we’re immediately overtaken by thoughts and emotions.  

If our minds settle on the negative thoughts or disempowering context around the snow - then we’re setting ourselves up for about 150 days of misery ... that’s close to half of your year spent in a funk! 

I invite you to watch your first snow thoughts... winter driver thoughts... why don’t I live in Costa Rica thoughts ... Over the next few weeks. 

Observe them. Don’t resist them. The power of the Warrior Mindset is inside just observing and then choosing to focus your energy on the thoughts that serve you!

If you really don’t like snow - make a Powerful Choice to move to a warmer climate. After all - this is going to happen again next year (and presumably each year for the foreseeable future, impacts of climate change aside)... 

If that feels extreme - then you likely get, internally at least, that snow is one of the things we get to do in this part do the world.  In that case - I invite you to “choose Winter POWERFULLY”. 

Focus your energy on the beauty of fresh snow on the trees, kids making snow forts, the crunchy sound of snow underfoot as you’re walking the dog (again), the way the cold air feels in your lungs, and get out there and enjoy the next 150 days of your life! 

Time to go through the Jeep into 4WD and see if I can find enough snow to spin in! 

Happy Winter Everyone!!! 

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