Curiosity and Gratitude Beat Winter Blues

Curiosity Counts

dark clouds in background. Words: When your mind or emotions are feeling that shroud of a dark cloud enveloping you during the dank days of winter, you can do a few things to lift yourself out of the abyss. Curiosity Gratitude

We’ll explore ways to use your curiosity as a tool (or, if you prefer, as a weapon) to fight the doldrums. Let’s start with typical advice. To overcome depression, you might give or receive counsel to “express gratitude” frequently in life. However, unless you have made it a deeply ingrained habit, it is easy to forget or to do it in a haphazard way. Below, we’ll delve into some realistic, creative ways to really FEEL gratitude!

I know you don’t like to read more than three lines before moving on, but I’m going to give you some details and some links to help you anyway.

We’ll start with satisfying your curiosity, which leads more easily into feeling the warmth of gratitude.

SAD

This can help you overcome Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) which is a type of depression that is triggered by a change in seasons, usually in the Fall. This seasonal depression gets worse in Winter and is known as the “winter blues.”

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Soups for Winter Comfort and Good Health

Soups I Created Much to My Own Amazement

I am not a chef. I’m not even a good cook. However, these soups have received rave reviews from the people who have eaten them. Some suggested the sweet versions could be used as a dessert and could be served with vanilla ice cream!

Hints:

  1. These pumpkin or broth soups can be as think or as thick as you want them to be, simply by what amount of liquids you choose to add to the sweet ones and whether you add instant potatoes or a gravy to the savory ones.
  2. These soups may be strictly vegetarian – or not – depending on your choices about whether to add broths, chicken, fish, or other meats and if you choose to add rice or other kinds of pasta.
  3. When serving, instead of using typical white crackers, serve with oyster crackers, Ritz crackers, cornbread, or various flavors of croutons to make things special.

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