We all know when we've hit a sweet spot.
I hit one recently when I served family members a good meal. The table looked great. The food on the plate was colorful and inviting, and the look on my loved one's face when he ate the food, gratifying. I knew I had hit a sweet spot.
On another ocassion, I easily used the herbs from our new aerogarden to improve an asparagus-tomato-risotto dish, and the dish was delicious. The new herb aerogarden in our kitchen is a sweet spot because it has improved our meals with fresh herbs regularly.
Finding the sweet spots in your life makes life better. Sweet spots are those points of living that work well and improve your life in significant, positive ways.
As I reset the road ahead, I'll focus a lot on sweet spots--those objects, activities, and moments of connection that fill you up with warmth and positivity. Where will I find them?
Get togethers
Spending just right times with people I love definitely creates sweet spots. The key is to choose good timing, inviting places, and activities we all enjoy.
Good food
One silver lining during the pandemic was improving our ability to cook nutritious, healthy, beautiful foods. Those foods have created many sweet spots in our lives.
Contribution
As an educator, my life was full of gratifying contribution. Now retired from teaching, the best ways to contribute are not as clear. I've definitely found some sweet spots in this area such as preparing foods and completing chores for loved ones, but I hope to find more in the days ahead. To contribute in ways that truly enrich lives in positive ways is a wonderful sweet spot in life.
A warm welcoming home
Creating and maintaining a warm welcoming home and yard enables you to welcome friends and famiy members regularly and as noted, those get togethers truly are sweet spots in life. Also, a warm welcoming home brings you peace, a place to relax, and for me, a good studio in which to create -- these are all sweet spots in life.
Exploration and adventure
For me, just-right exploratin and adventure are true sweet spots of living. For example, last weekend I had many wonderful adventures in a beautiful place. That was sweet! I hope to add more of those adventures and explorations to my life.
Where do you find your sweet spots? How do you create an environment that lends itself to a sweet life? This is a positive consideration, one that leads you to good living. Onward.