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CHOCOLATE CHURRO DIP MEALS IN Monica's MINUTES By Monica Sinclair We are so close to a new year and have anticipation that things begin to return to "normal" soon. I hope you and your family were able to have an enjoyable Christ- mas. Are you doing anything special for New Year's Eve? My husband and I usually just buy a bunch of appetizers and hunker down on the couch, trying to stay awake until midnight. We don't usually make it. If you are like us or if you have people over, I'm sure you will want a delicious dessert to serve and I found it for you. You get a mixture of chocolate, cinnamon and sugar. What could be bet- ter? Whether you gobble it all up yourself or share with others, you will be ringing in the new year with a hap- py stomach. Be safe and have a Happy New Year! Enjoy! INGREDIENTS • 1 can refrigerated biscuit dough • 4 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted • 1 1/2 c. cinnamon-sugar • 2 c. Nutella (chocolate-hazelnut spread) DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an oven-safe 10" skillet with cooking spray. 2. Cut each biscuit in half and roll halves into balls. Dunk each ball in melted butter then roll in cinnamon-sugar. Place around the perimeter of skillet to form a ring. The biscuit pieces should be touching. 3. Dollop Nutella into the center of the biscuits. Bake until biscuits are golden and cooked through, about 25 minutes. Let rest for 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm. Source: delish.com Approaching the new year with gratitude By Laura Keys Youth First, Inc. Let's face it, 2020 has been a year like no other. The pan- demic, racial tensions, a divi- sive election, raging wildfires and so much more have filled our lives with loss, chaos, and immeasurable stress. Even the most positive and stable people have been pushed to the limit this year. Have you noticed, however, that no matter what happens in some people's lives, they are able to maintain a relative- ly positive attitude and see the silver lining in each situation? They see the opportunity in a challenging dilemma and ap- preciate what they have, even in the face of loss. This ability has allowed some to keep their head above water when the waves of this year continue to crash into us. How can all of us learn from this and see the importance of focusing on what we can ap- preciate rather than what is wrong? Fortunately, a positive atti- tude can be developed with a little practice. The brain is a muscle, and you can strength- en your mind's natural ten- dency toward optimism if you work at it. This is not just good prac- tice for our mental health but for our spiritual health as well. Many different faiths empha- size the importance of thank- fulness, especially as a form of prayer. Eckhart Toelle said, "If the only prayer you ever say is "Thank You," that will be enough." Thankfulness doesn't al- ways come easily, but it is at those times that we need to seek out gratitude the most. One of the ways we can train our brain in thankful- ness is keeping a gratitude journal. In one study, psy- chologist Jeffrey Froh at Hof- stra University asked students to write in gratitude journals each day for two weeks. Students were asked to write down things they felt thankful for on a daily ba- sis. Three weeks later the students who counted their blessings reported feeling more optimistic, more satis - fied with their lives, and had more school satisfaction. Froh explained the results this way: "It's beyond feel- ing good, and beyond happi- ness... we found that grateful kids tend to report less physi- cal complaints; but also in the adult literature they found that grateful people who counted blessings were more likely to exercise, more likely to re- port better sleep, less likely to report these physical com- plaints." Researchers Robert Em- mons and Michael McCol- lough also found many posi- tive effects of keeping grati- tude journals. Among the ben- efits were: Being more likely to make progress on personal goals Higher levels of alertness, enthusiasm and energy Reporting having helped someone else or offered emo- tional support Children reporting more positive attitudes toward school and their families Adults with neuromuscu- lar disease felt more optimis- tic about life and slept better Twenty-one days is the time it takes to form a new habit. Now is an ideal time, as we prepare for the coming year and celebrate the holidays. It is a time to take stock of how we want our new year to un- fold and it's a time to make promises to ourselves about improvement and renewal. A different new year chal- lenge than working on our outsides (gym memberships, new diets) would be to start with our insides (our hearts and minds). A gratitude jour- nal could be just the thing to increase our compassion, op- timism, and humility. Make this a part of your new year's renewal. Select a spe- cial logbook that can be writ- ten in each day. At the begin- ning or end of the day write down five things that make you feel grateful and thank- ful. You may feel like drawing a picture or attaching photos that mean something special to you. In any case, write down five items each day for three weeks. If you have trouble getting started, think about simple or even obvious things like running water, your favorite song, coffee, that it snowed (or didn't) today, or experiencing another sunrise. Once the list gets started it's easy to add items. At the end of three weeks, spend some time reflecting on the material you gathered. Meet a friend for lunch or coffee, and share your gratitude. For more information on the benefits of gratitude see http://happierhuman.com/ benefits-of-gratitude/. 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