Sweet N Social

Month: October 2015

  • Highlights

    Highlights

    I wanted to say Happy Friday to everyone today.  As this week winds down I wanted to take a moment and share some of the great moments I had over the week.

    On Monday I was able to get my car back from the repair shop. I started having problems with my car’s cooling system in May but I didn’t make getting it a repaired a big priority since I still had my husband’s car to use.  Now that the car is repaired and back on the road, I am able to take my son to school and then head to the park to get my morning walks in.  I love this time of the year because of the leaves turning colors and the cool crisp morning air.  Here is a picture I took of the walking trail.IMG_4676

    Since, I take my son to school each morning and we have two lovely dogs, I have the honor of putting them outside each morning. I love watching the sunrise each morning. It’s just a beautiful reminder that each morning is a fresh start, a new beginning.

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    One of the best things I love to see on my walks is the morning dew dripping from the leaves.IMG_4692

    Here is a picture of the boat house.

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    I wanted to share some of my favorite highlights of the week. Please feel free to comment and share some of yours. -Tonia

  • You Can’t Steal my Joy!

    You Can’t Steal my Joy!

    “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.” ― Dalai Lama XIV

    By meditating on a regular basis I become aware of my thoughts. The more aware I became of my thoughts the more I started making wiser choices on what I paid attention to and where I focused my efforts.

    The first thing that captured my attention was the commercials during television shows.  I started paying more attention to what was being advertised and I realized that most of the commercials are fear-based messages that try to coerce you into some type of action, which is primarily to sell their product like the latest dish washing liquid doesn’t kill enough germ causing bacteria.  Another thing I started noticing was a commercial with a catchy jingle isn’t quite so annoying by the 3rd time you hear it. I started putting the commercials on mute.

    The next thing that I started noticing was the amount of negativity in everyday conversation.  The more I tried to focus on eliminating negativity from my conversations the more I found reasons to celebrate even the littlest things.  I found myself singing to the radio and actually dancing around the house as I did such things like vacuuming and cooking.  I eventually stopped watching TV all together.

    My days have been more productive and less stressful. I have more time to relax and enjoy things like lying in my hammock, taking morning walks in the park and spending quality time with my family. I started exercising and found a desire to start cleaning out my garage that has been on my to-do list for two years.

    What I found is that when you find the joy and appreciation for who you are there is no way anyone can steal that joy from you because it comes  from deep within.