Tag: energy

Going Well

Jennifred Jones

Things may not be going well in the world, but they’re going well with me.

How can you say that???!!!  There’s so much to worry about! So many things messed up! People doing wrong, government and politics are out of control!!! How can things go well with me?

Sounds crazy, but I don’t live all over the world. I don’t even live all over my country. I live in one small community. That’s all I can deal with and manage by myself. If I am doing all I can within my capabilities and responsibilities, that’s it! That’s all I need to do and ‘worry about’. Yes, I am deeply concerned about events happening around me and the impact on me and mine, but I can only do and control what I can do and control. The rest I leave to God and pray about it all.

The alternative is to live inside the newsbox, worrying, fretting, afraid, suspicious, critical and unable to concentrate and produce what I need to make and do to make my portion of the world a better place! Can you hear me?! (I have had to talk to myself this way often!)

We have got to keep ourselves moving forward so things go well in our area of responsibility. We cannot lose steam and energy stopping to listen and ponder the next bad thing that happened. It’s not being cruel or thoughtless. It’s maintaining our own well-being. Our minds and bodies are not designed to shoulder the events of the entire world. We don’t live there. We are here and here is where we need to focus our energy to improve, protect and grow.

I can maintain peace in the storms of life through tending to my affairs and helping my neighbors. If we each help and watch out for one another, then our portion of the world will be better and hopefully spread to and encourage our neighboring ‘portions of the world’. But yes, it begins with us.

It is personal responsibility. I am a person. I am going to be responsible. It may be hard and seem out of my comfort zone, but so what! It is my life, my family, my community.

Let’s take care of ourselves and not leave it to another who might not do as good a job!

Don’t Give Away Your Power!

Jennifred Jones

How many times have I let somebody else make my decisions for me. I gave them my power!

I have done it time and time again, and hopefully I have ‘learnt my lesson’ and can help you.

For me, too often I didn’t think I was capable of figuring something out, or ‘needed’ help, or didn’t take the initiative, or was (lazy) and thought I’d just leave it up to somebody else!

Yes, it takes work, mental energy to make decisions. There might be some research you have to do. Might have to learn something new. Might have to start something new. Might have to turn away from something old. Might have to give something up.

But if you get busy doing your ‘homework’ your mental strength muscles will develop and your very own personal power – given to you – will grow and grow stronger. You’ll begin to notice changes in your outlook on life. The gray areas will start to disappear, and you’ll see more clearly what needs to be done or changed or added to.

Yes, there is power out there. It’s kind of like a vacuum. If you don’t claim your power someone else will take it from you … (by default you gave it to them).

Hold on to what is rightfully yours! and like we talked about yesterday…stand!

Take your responsibility – part of your reclaiming your power – and use it! Claim it! Be thankful for it! Do all you can with it, and you will be given more to help others.

Stand in your own power!

STAND!

What Are You a 10 At?

Jennifred Jones

I realize this title ain’t proper grammar, but it’s time to give ourselves permission to get good at what we’re good at!

Why do we choose to punish ourselves trying so hard to be good at what we’re not?

…try to knit when we’d rather sew

…take up jogging when we’d rather bike

…build furniture when we’d rather refinish it

…study math when we’d rather read and write

…attempt customer service when we’d rather be back stage

…etc, etc, etc…

There’s a time and place for everything, but why waste our time and energy pursuing what we’re not interested in anyway, because we feel obligated, or mom or dad wanted us to do that, or that’s all we learned how to do.

This can apply in all areas of our life, from hobbies, chores, vocation and vacation!

We need to switch gears in our thinking, get over the guilt of what we can’t or don’t like to do, and be a peace with and do what we really like to do and are good at.

Find and discover YOU. It may take some time, reflection, trying different things, and asking others what they see in you, but it’s never too late to start on a new journey. You will know you when you find you. You will be happier. You will feel satisfied with your work even though it will be challenging. You will do a better  job. You will think of ways to improve your skills because you want to. Your work will matter to you, and it will benefit and help others in some capacity. It will be your work and you will be proud of it.