Author: Jennifred Jones

Get to the Root!

Jennifred Jones

Mom taught me, while pulling weeds out of the patio cracks to get the root!

If we didn’t get the root pulled out, it would grow back, and we’d have to deal with it again!

It’s the same in life. If a problem or dilemma keeps coming up, it means there’s probably a deeper issue. We need to get to the root of what keeps resurfacing. Let’s not be afraid – or keep putting off finding what is causing this in our life. Who wants to spend their whole life with reoccurring distressing stuff? If the root has been growing for a while, it may be kind of deep and cause some painful digging to get it out. Sometimes the taproot type roots send out smaller roots which venture into other areas trying to feed off us and they need to be recognized as well. Fortunately, when the taproot is taken out the other feeder roots will die off.

Then the body, mind and soul can begin their healing process. This process can take some time, so don’t get discouraged. New cells, muscle, skin, thoughts will need to fill in where the weed was growing. When a would heals, it is still tender for a while especially if it was a deep wound. It may scab over many times or leak while the body does its work flushing out the area. Take heart in the little healings you notice along the way. You will recover once you made the decision to get rid of the weed, and you will be stronger and better than even before! That’s how it works as we grow.

Today, I’m going to think about things pestering me. Maybe I need to pull out some weeds.

Pull From Your Past

Jennifred Jones

Some of us didn’t have the best past. ‘There’s nothing good back there for me.’

You might be wrong about that. No matter how bad our past, there is some nugget we can pull from to help us on our way. It will propel us forward; give us stamina and determination if we let it. ‘All there is was failure in my past’. Good! Then you can learn what not to do and what doesn’t work. ‘Nobody got along in my family…fights all the time!’ Good! Now you might excel learning new people skills to help others with their family problems.

Every thunderstorm has a rainbow of light somewhere. We just have to look!

‘There’s nothing to help me. I just like to keep house.’ So with that idea mom decided to become an interior designer and made a successful business. Others are really good at cleaning and have made a life helping others. ‘All I know how to do is take care of my dog.’ Good! Start a pet care business – walking and pet sitting for others or maybe become a dog groomer.

‘All my parents did was collect old junk!’ Start a shop in ebay or etsy or maybe in your our garage. Begin selling (maybe even collecting ‘new junk’ to sell). There are lots of people who want your old junk!

‘We didn’t have much growing up – no TV or video games – only books’. Great, you probably have lots of knowledge others might like knowing/hearing about. What could you do, start, create with this situation? I’ve heard it said, ‘everything we need is already inside us’. Find what it is. It can be your best adventure!

We don’t want to get stuck in the past. Use it. Pull from it to create your new future! It is waiting for you to get started.

Let me see…all I have is… But wait!! 🙂

Test Your Work

Jennifred Jones

Why? Why test my work? Are you saying there might be something wrong or inferior about it?

This is a necessary part for all good work and craftsmen of all categories. We want to know what we made works and is enduring. We want to know it will be a delight in the hands of the receiver. They will appreciate it. It will work for them as was intended.

So, there’s no judgment here other than self-judgement, and that is our right as the creator to take apart and examine closely, remake or reword what we’ve made so it meets our satisfaction! We are testing our work! Will it stand?

All things made by us humans are subject to the learning curve. The idea strikes us. We plan, design, draw, make, produce and there we have it! ‘How do you like it?’ we ask. Then come suggestions – ours or others – how to improve it or redesign it completely. This way, we’re always building something, always thinking better thoughts, learning from the thoughts of others. The cycle continues from one idea to the next and progress is made, and people are helped.

Do you test your work? Are you subject to your own scrutiny? Will you allow the scrutiny of others? You will be the final judge of your work. So, what you say about it matters most.

Do your good work, do your best work and then test it. Do you like it? Then send it out, give it away, sell it, whatever you decide to do, but do your good work!

Our world needs you!

What am I good at? What do I like to do?