Finding Serenity on a Cold Sunday Morning

Sunrise in New Smyrna Beach, Florida

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference." 

by Skip Cohen

Remember, Sunday Morning Reflections is rarely about business and marketing. It's my time for a little therapeutic writing, and I tend to wander wherever the keyboard and my heart take me. This morning, I'm having a hard time staying away from any topic related to how the world has turned upside down.

I don't want to share the same thoughts we're all being bombarded with every minute from social media, friends, and the news. However, there is one good thing to come out of the political scene, an expanded vocabulary. For the first time in history, more people know the word "sycophant."  And if sadly, you're still in the dark, it's an "ass-kisser," lately they're in the news all the time!

Meanwhile, in Florida, it's 38 degrees this morning. The cold weather has forced me to put on sweatpants and even socks! At the same time, like most Floridians, we're rationalizing, because in our hometown of Painesville, Ohio, it's only 7 degrees! Even the pups, Lucy and Belle, were quick to wrap up business when we took them out this morning.

The good news is that it's warm enough to light a fire and pretend we're surrounded by the charm of being at a ski resort. And there's more good news, we didn't get the 10% chance of snow that was in the forecast!

So, as Mother Nature and the government continue to turn the world upside down, I'm left with the Serenity Prayer with a slight modification...I'm accepting things I cannot change for the moment only. I know we can't change the weather, but together we can create our own "winter storm" in politics and keep the pressure on a government who's forgotten about "We the People."

Wishing everybody a day ahead that's filled with peace and time with the people you love most in your life. If you're somewhere cold today, those eleven-second therapeutic hugs I always write about have a practical application... staying warm! Most important of all, keep your spirit warm because that's what gets us through every crisis in life. Don't let anyone trample on your dreams!

Happy Sunday...or Monday on the other side of the world.