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Those of us who walk and drive on snow and ice for several months of the year know all about slipping. We learned the winter-walk early in life. There's the shuffle, the flat-footed stomp (never tip toe!), and the high-heeled boot that works well if you heel-toe it.
As for driving..., winter tires, lighter weight oil, anti-freeze and a furnace of a window defroster make things doable. The rest is up to the driver. It always amazes me to see how invincible the owners of 4-wheel drive vehicles think they are. They go flying past me on the four-lane highway, stirring up clouds of snow and making me temporarily blind only to be the first ones in the ditch down the road! Common sense people, common sense.
But whether you are walking or driving, there are hidden hazards that even the best of caution can't prevent and which pop up when you least expect them.
Like the fact that walking on snow and walking on ice require different talents, but when they are combined, like the time I thought I was walking in snow, but the snow was just a thin blanket covering a sheet of ice. Deadly! You know, one of the most helpless feelings in the world is when your feet fly out from under you and you find yourself flat on your back, breath knocked out, eating snowflakes as they fall into your open, gasping-for-breath mouth.
Or you hit black ice on the road and find yourself suddenly doing 360's in the middle of the highway, as your eyeballs (which you could knock off with a stick) are locked on to the cement blocks lining the shoulder whose express purpose it is to keep you from tumbling down the cliff should you wander too close. Sure gets your heart started!
When it comes to our goal setting ability, much like learning the winter-walk or the
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About Author
Lynn Moore is a Life Clarity Coach whose specialized niche is educating and encouraging the Family Woman in Business to set and achieve her goals successfully. She is a cheerleading, straight talking coach, full of heart and humour with only the best outc |
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