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Pat Pfeiffer
Correspondent

(Hiles News) - Time again for change. Change to writing a new year on anything you date — checks, letters, documents and so forth. Change your way of thinking. Change your habits. Change your shoes. A change in the weather. Change, change, change. Mostly for the good, we can only hope. There’s a change coming in the White House. Will it be change for the good or politics as usual? Will our national and state and local economies change for the better? We can only wait and see. The only changes we really have control of are those changes we ourselves make. The rest of the changes around us we just have to roll with. Here’s hoping we all have the stamina to do that well.

Upcoming Meetings

The Red Hatter’s pot luck luncheon and Scrap Book work session is on Wednesday, Jan. 7. The ladies will meet at the Hiles town hall at about 11:30 a.m. for a noon lunch. Hostesses Darlene Wolf and Leigh Travis are very efficient, and have probably contacted all the ladies, but if anyone somehow was missed, give one of these gals a call to find out what to bring.

Besides your dish for lunch, bring any pictures and other memorabilia from Red Hat outings in the past couple of years. It would be handy to bring along a pair of scissors, plain or fancy, a ruler, and anything that might be pretty to add a decorative touch to the pages.

Because the first Thursday of the month is on New Year’s Day, the Hiles Service Club will meet the following Thursday, Jan. 8. The food service for the upcoming Fisheree will be discussed, as well as other business.

Calendar and Almanac

Dec. 31 — New Year’s Eve, Make Up Your Mind Day, No Interruptions Day and World Peace Meditation Day.

January is National Get Organized Month, Celebration of Life Month, Family Fit Lifestyle Month, and National Volunteer Blood Donor Month. The first week of January is Diet Resolution Week.

Jan. 1 – Of course is New Year’s Day

Jan. 7 — Red Hat Pot Luck and Scrap Book Update Day, 11:30 a.m. at the town hall

Jan. 8 — 1 p.m. — Hiles Service Club at the museum in the town hall

Feb. 7 — Hiles Fire Department’s Annual Fisheree

Family Fit Lifestyle Month and Diet Resolution Week

These two seem to go together. There’s a lot you can do to make them happen. Every magazine you pick up has a whole lot of information on the subjects. While visiting over the holidays I was told one of my children’s families was about to embark on a healthier lifestyle as far as eating was concerned. I left before I had a chance to pass on my words of wisdom, but that is probably for the best, as mothers of adult children, I think, ought to refrain from giving advice to them and/or their spouses whenever possible, in the interest of remaining friends with them. Or, “Silence is Golden,” or something like that.

So I have this advice swimming around in my head that I will pass on to you, dear readers. I have it on good authority that a healthy lifestyle of eating should include daily, at least five servings of fruits and vegetables, two to three servings of dairy products, plenty of liquids, about six glasses, and the best one is water. Be sure to include whole grains whenever and wherever you can, and a couple of servings of lean protein and a couple of teaspoons of good oils such as olive or canola. These foods help you to feel less hungry throughout your day. Limit your intake of sweets and alcohol. On top of this, try to get 30 minutes of exercise a day. Simple walking is good. All that snow shoveling counts, too, as well as housework, gardening, sports, chasing after toddlers, and dancing. The idea is to use up more calories than you take in. Exercise makes our hearts and other of the body’s systems stronger. Your doctor would probably tell you that a healthy diet and lifestyle, and controlling weight, can go a long way towards warding off bad health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and many other serious illnesses. And you’ll be setting a good example for your children and grandchildren.

Change

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." – Maya Angelou

"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts." – Arnold Bennett

"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change." – Confucius

"I was neurotic for years. I was anxious and depressed and selfish. Everyone kept telling me to change. I resented them and I agreed with them, and I wanted to change, but simply couldn't, no matter how hard I tried. Then one day someone said to me, "Don't change. I love you just as you are." Those words were music to my ears: "Don't change, Don't change. Don't change . . . I love you as you are." I relaxed. I came alive. And suddenly I changed!" – Anthony de Mello

"I thought I could change the world. It took me a hundred years to figure out I can't change the world. I can only change Bessie. And honey, that ain't easy either." – Annie Elizabeth Delany

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." – Mahatma Gandhi

"I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another." – Ellen Goodman

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