Take the Risk!

Jennifred Jones

Do you have any idea how many people have not been spoken to in a meaningful way by anyone today???

You might be one of them!

Let’s take the risk – and speak to – acknowledge one another. Everyone needs this gesture.

Covid 19 is past, but the after effects are long bearing. People have gone into and are still hiding! Help them come out into life again.

They may not be hiding behind a mask. It could be the phone, the EarPods, the laptop, the coffee cup, the outward busyness or preoccupation with whatever. I believe we have a responsibility to befriend our fellow human beings…even if only with a smile, or ‘Hi’ or opening the door, letting them go first in line…a multitude of ways to show them that others see them and are watching out for them…even if only for a moment. But that moment will last longer than a moment in the person who’s been in hiding. It will sink into their subconscious and begin to work.

Yes, there is work to be done and we need to be some of the workers in whatever capacity we find ourselves.

Take the risk. Do your work. Lead with this ‘work’ and transformation will happen!

I guarantee it will!

Forgotten Victories

Jennifred Jones

Nothing is going right! Not a thing! Today is downhill!!

Oh really? Have you forgotten something? Have you forgotten your previous victories?

Previous victories mean there are more to come. We need to put a pause on the downcast moment of the present and recall the triumphs of the past.

Remember when?

  • You got your first job
  • You earned your first paycheck
  • You passed your driver’s license test
  • You graduated from high school or college
  • You found a wonderful spouse
  • Your first baby was born
  • Your good idea earned you a promotion
  • You overcame a long-standing bad habit
  • You learned a new language
  • You learned a new skill
  • You figured out a difficult situation
  • You made the right decision in a very hard moment, and it was the best decision

‘Oh, yeah, I forgot about all of these. I guess I have had a lot of victories in the past.’

Don’t let these remain forgotten. Pick a time and write them down for remembrance sake. Keep a file of all the positive emails or correspondence you’ve received so when the ‘Nothing’s going right’ strike, you have a rebuttal against them.

Don’t Let It Stick

Jennifred Jones

Scratch it off of you!

When we were growing up, mom would bathe us and put lotion on us and was always checking our skin and hair. If she felt a little ‘bump’ or something on our skin she’d scratch it off …and we’d yell – ‘Mom, what are you doing!’ Dr. Mom was watching out for us, checking her kids out. She wasn’t about to let a wart, a tick or other skin ailment get a foothold on us. No pimple or splinter got past her. We were her kids, and she was our protector mom!

I did this with all my kids and got the same response – a startled yell when I scratched something off. My mom has been gone to heaven for over 20 years now, but I value the lessons she taught me. I don’t have to let things stick to me that don’t belong to me or on me. Scratch them off! I have the responsibility to do this to keep myself strong and well.

This is good for all areas of life. We don’t have to let comments, accusations, mistreatment stick to us. We have a good life to live and must live it! …Not letting somebody’s comment live on through us that wasn’t true in the first place. We’re the master of our own ship. Don’t let the barnacles of others attach themselves to you.

Scratch them off and sail away!