While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads...

After my recent decision to deactivate Facebook, I thought I would take a stab at the blogging world.  

As I continue to open my heart and mind to my personal discovery of who I am, what I want in my life, and how I can wholesomely achieve it, I often seek the advice and knowledge of the many brilliant minds out in the world, who are ready to share with me their wisdom.  

I am humbled by their expertise and want to share with you some of their findings and perhaps you too can take pieces of their brilliance into consideration and apply it to your life...or not. It’s obviously your choice!

The name of my blog is “Visions of Sugar-plums” obviously it originates from the verse “the children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads” from the poem “Twas the Night before Christmas.” In addition, growing up my grandmother referred to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren as “Sugar-plums.” Some of my fondest memories and invaluable life-lessons stemmed from this beautiful woman.  

So my first post is in tribute to my Grandmother Hilger, who offered unrelenting kindness to everyone she came in contact with and continuously strove to be her best self in order to be the best parent and grandparent.

May I continue to pass her legacy of kindness on to others and thus the ripple effect of positive growth and transformation continues.

According to Thibaut and Kelley’s (1959) 'theory of social exchange, behavior exchanges follow a norm of reciprocity over time, so that aversive or positive stimulation from one person tends to produce reciprocal behavior from the other. Kindness begets kindness, and the opposite is also true."

Smile at someone today, it may have an everlasting effect! :)