| Did you know you can control the weather? On | | | | to Phoenix, AZ, November 2003, which has 310 - |
| one hand this may seem startling or strange, but, | | | | 325 sunny days annually. While it might seem |
| on the other hand you can, because, I am | | | | sublime the down side is five months of blistering |
| referring to your internal weather. Whether it is | | | | heat. As I learned long ago, it is what we decide |
| sunny or gloomy, dark or bright, your internal | | | | how to manage what is that makes the |
| weather conditions can be what you choose. | | | | difference in our feelings about it. |
| Many years ago I moved, after living six years in | | | | The weather service report on hottest |
| sunny San Jose, CA, where it is sunny 257 - 300 | | | | temperature in recorded history paints the picture |
| days a year to Bedford Hills, NY, where it is | | | | of Phoenix heat. |
| sunny 78 - 107 days a year. The contrast as the | | | | 122 June 26, 1990 |
| math reveals is significant. After the first month, I | | | | 121 July 28, 1995 |
| noticed when it was another cloudy and/or rainy | | | | 120 June 25, 1990 |
| day, I was less enthusiastic to go about my | | | | 118 July 16, 1925; June 24, 1929; July 11, 1958; |
| business, because I perceived the extra exertion | | | | July 4, 1989; June 27, 1990; |
| required to manage activities was a constant | | | | June 28, 1990; July 27, 1995; July 21, 2006 |
| imposition. It was this realization that I knew I | | | | Greatest number of days with maximum |
| needed to change my internal perception of this | | | | temperatures of 110 or higher: 32 in 2007. I was |
| external event. | | | | living in Phoenix to witness and enjoy this record |
| My solution was to be prepared for rain all the | | | | breaking 32 days. |
| time by carrying an umbrella in my brief case and | | | | The weather is wonderful, bountiful and perfect, |
| car. We can choose the weather by changing our | | | | no matter the temperature, wind, rain, snow or |
| thoughts about it. By changing our thoughts about | | | | sleet. You can then say, 'This was one of the |
| something, and the actions we take, our feelings | | | | best history-making days I have experienced.' |
| will follow. | | | | Remember to have a wonderful day all ways |
| After twenty-eight years in New York I moved | | | | always. |