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6 www.DesertMessenger.com November 20, 2019 DESERT MESSENGER Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper Proud to be a Quartzsite Licensed Business 928-916-4235 O� T��� - E���� T���! Founded by Walt Akin October 1, 2004 P�������� �� P���� R��� P��������� C�. P.O. Box 3185 Quartzsite, AZ 85359 P�������� ����� � ����� 1st & 3rd Wednesday Sept. thru May with Special Summer Editions June, July & August EDITOR/PUBLISHER Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear CONTRIBUTING JOURNALIST Joanne Winer GUEST COLUMNIST Gypsy Jane Finley CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Starr BearCat NAME PLATE LETTERING Paul Winer www.DesertMessenger.com www.MyQuartzsite.com E-mail: Editor@DesertMessenger.com 2018 © Copyright All Rights Reserved Copyright 2013 Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Desert Messenger. LIKE US on Facebook.com/ DesertMessengerNews FOLLOW US on Twitter @QuartzsiteRain Neighborhood Watch to meet Quartzsite Neighborhood Watch meets the fi rst Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM. The next meeting will be THURS- DAY, DEC. 5TH, 2019, at the Quartzsite Community Cen- ter. For more information contact the Quartzsite Police Department at 928-927-4644. County Landfill Transfer Station now on Winter Hours The Quartzsite Transfer Station is now on their WINTER hours. They are open Sunday thru Wednes- day, 7:30am to 2:30pm. Dump your trash for free at the Transfer Station. Please cover your load. For more info call the Main landfi ll 928- 916-1253 or Main offi ce at 928-854- 9152. The transfer station is locat- ed north of Town, just off Hwy. 95, near the Sewer Treatment Plant. By Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear Read Desert Messenger online! Sign up for free email alerts when the Desert Messenger becomes available online! Join thousands reading the paper online at: www.DesertMessengerOnline.com OPEN YEAR ROUND! Come Visit Our Tropical Oasis! Crafts - Games - Potlucks Ask about our February/March Specials! 855 E. Rogers Place, Quartzsite, AZ 928-927-6605 desertedgervpark.com DESERT EDGE RV PARK Quartzsite, Arizona It's that time of year again when families gather together and set aside time to be thankful. We don't really have to wait until a holiday to be thankful. If being Grateful was a daily affair, our lives would be more peaceful and fullfi lled. Imagine the feelings we have sitting around the table with our friends and family on Thanksgiving. That feeling of grati- tude fi lls the air. Did you know that Gratitude is actually good for our bodies, our minds and our relation- ships? How can we practice Grati- tude on a daily basis? Over the past decade, hundreds of studies have documented the social, physical, and psychological benefi ts of gratitude. Robert A. Em- mons, Ph.D., is the world's leading scientifi c expert on Gratitude. He is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, and the founding editor-in-chief of The Journal of Positive Psychology. According to Emmons, Gratitude involves appreciating the value of something. When we appreciate something or someone, we honor the gifts they bring into our life. Gratitude allows us to participate more fully in life. Gratitude allows us to be present and to celebrate the moment. Gratitude actually blocks toxic emotions. Professionals are even using the practice of Gratitude for prevention of depression. Grate- ful people tend to be more stress-re- silient. Gratitude also strengthens social ties and self worth. Mother Theresa talked about how grateful she was to the people she was helping, the sick and dying in the slums of Calcutta, because they enabled her to grow and deepen her spirituality. That's a very different "Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses!" ~ Alphonse Karr way of thinking about Gratitude— Gratitude for what we can give as opposed to what we receive. Many cultures start the day with prayers of Gratitude. "When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself." ~ Tecumseh To cultivate Gratitude, Emmons sug- gests keeping a Gratitude Journal. Just write down 5 things that you're Grateful for; the things that went right today, etc. If you do this on a regular basis, folks tend to feel more alert and alive, feel better about their health, wake feeling refreshed, and feel more helpful and more connect- ed to others. Research shows blood pressure can actually be lowered by regular journaling on Gratitude. "You could Be Anywhere, Doing Anything, and You are Here Doing This, Thank You" ~ Robert Greygrass (thank you from me too!)

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