Polar Vortex

Hi, it's the book of that gratitude guy

Polar Vortex you may have heard that term in the news a lot lately

It's some way the the weather has been shaping from the polar region. That's made this round

Circular pattern down towards the United States and put the United States kind of in a deep freeze if you look at the temperatures

Unbelievable temperatures minus 20 minus 30 minus 40 and then wind chill and this kind of thing

Well when you talk about all the ice and snow and polar vortex and the freezing conditions and maybe think again about

How many times we take for granted and we should be remember how grateful we should be for just being warm

That there's so many people that are in the cold As I watch the weather map and it was showing all these unbelievably low temperatures

I thought about the fact they didn't talk the other day and somebody said well I guess you do this video pretty much every day and I said, yeah, I mean, well

How do you keep coming up with different subjects? Well, it's not hard when you think about how many things we take for granted as I was watching that weather map and I thought Wow

Take for granted the furnace the warm bed the roof over our head Just the fact we have a place to go to get in out of the cold that so many people don't

So when you're writing in that gratitude journal, it's one of the many things you want to think about and especially as we come into

a new year all the little things that we take for granted just to smile on a child's face or a grandchild or a friend or a

Spouse or a friend or a neighbor whoever it might be Remember to record those things when I talk about in the gratitude journal everything you're grateful for

Today and everything you're going to be grateful for but also the highlight of your day

It might just be somebody's smile or thanks or a note or a email or something that somebody said that you impacted their lives

So when you're watching that weather pattern you're seeing that polar vortex

Use that as a reminder to think about how much maybe you take for granted and maybe take a moment to stop and think about

How grateful for you are just for being warm having a bed a home a place to stay and to be out of the cold

That's the message for today. Have a grateful day. We'll see you tomorrow