With the winter season rapidly approaching and the holidays once again looming right before our eyes, many of us suffer from seasonal depression, anxiety and the overwhelming feeling of loneliness. Often we don't know where to turn, everything seems so materialistic, overwhelming or almost senseless anymore.

From late Fall until Spring, many of us suffer from what is called S.A.D., the big brother of the winter blues and the temporary little sister of Depression. Nobody really fully understands where it is coming from, but researches have found that it has a lot to do with the lack of Sunlight during those month.

As the Sun Rays become less and less, our moods swing to a lower level and we slowly sink deeper into a feeling of anxiety, depression, loss of interest in everyday things that once brought us great joy.

Couple that with the impending holidays, the senseless overspending of funds most of us don't really have, or in many cases the loneliness many have to endure and you could have a potential disaster on your hand.

If you feel the blues or stress starting to nip on your heels today, I urge you to pick yourself up by your collar, drag yourself outside and declare Today your personal Day.

Take time to do things you enjoy. Go for a nice walk in nature and appreciate what Mother Earth has to offer us. Go shopping with your Girl-friends and try on the not outfit you had your eye on, you don't need to buy anything if you don't have the money right now, but why not take a look at it. Pretend for just a few hours that the world does revolve around you. If you love to cook, then cook a scrumptious meal from scratch. Sit down and play a silly game with your kids. Act out, laugh, love and be a kid again for just a few moments.

Your obligations and worries will be there when you are done, they can wait for a few hours. You can't.

We talk about taking care of business, deadlines, money and investments a lot. The national media is constantly filled with images of another disaster, another death, another killing or another story of a celebrity gone crazy. For just today, turn off your Cell Phones, TV's and close the News Paper. Pop in your favorite music CD, turn on an all music station or better yet get together with a few good friends and make music your-self. Leave the evils and destructive messages of the outside world where it belongs today.

Outside and far away from you. Make sure you know that you are special and proof it by doing something you love.

It is perfectly ok to once in a while pamper yourself. It doesn't even have to cost a lot of money. Sometimes sitting on a Porch or in your favorite chair, reading a good book with a cup of Tea can give you that feeling of serenity.

Cement your relationships worth cementing, treat yourself as if you are the most important person of the face of the earth today, because you are that person to someone out there and take a breath of gratefulness that you are here and that you are who you are.

Happy.... Personal Day to you!!!