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Your Good

Jennifred Jones

How many times have we had a good idea, good intentions, and never followed through with them?

How many times has it been a result of what somebody else said?

Don’t let another person downplay or destroy your good!!!

In other words, don’t stop doing your good because someone else does not approve or puts you down for doing it.

This can be seen in so many areas of our lives…we quench ourselves (hold back)…

  • If I appear to know the answer, someone else might feel bad (I have to remain at their level)
  • If I wear this new outfit, people will think I’m showing off (I have to look the same)
  • If I buy a nice car, people will think I’m trying to get attention (I can’t allow myself to have what I like) 
  • If I have a better idea, people will think I’m trying to ‘one-up’ them (I cannot share my thoughts)
  • If I help that person, people will think I’m trying to get something from them (I can’t be who I want to be)
  • If I want to improve my life, some will say ‘I’m too good for them’ (I can’t choose  betterment for me)

What’s the common denominator here?…’What will people think???’

Since when is our life to be determined by what other people think? We are adults, in charge of us, steering our own/family ship. The waters of life are tumultuous enough, why do we need to add the additional wave of other’s opinions and fears to sweep over us? (in some cases capsize and drown us out)

Let’s get back on board, start paddling in the direction of our own good choosing and keep moving forward!

There’s so much good needed in our individual arenas. Don’t let others stop you. Take charge of your own thoughts, ideas, and lives and keep on going!

You can do it!!!

  • 17 years after Strauss Brothers Meat closed its doors, the Strauss family members decided to bring back to life their unique history of ‘small batch’ meat seasonings – originally perfected to go with the family’s upstanding meat butchery from the early days of Detroit’s Eastern Market beginning 1954. We visited the market yesterday and met/talked with some of the ‘New’ Strauss Brothers family… sampling and purchasing their 3 prime meat seasonings. They could have let the good family idea remain a thing of the past, but decided instead to revive it and move ahead reintroducing quality taste for today’s good-meat-eating. Kudos to them for not getting lost in only a dream, but choosing to make it happen so we could experience some of their family flavors!!! https://www.straussbrothers.com/

The Discomfort of Comfort Foods

Jennifred Jones

The holiday season is over and I am stuffed. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I guess it depends on what you ate and how it makes you feel and act.

That sounds dumb! It’s just food!

Or is it? And is it able to nourish your body?

Don’t say anymore; now you’re getting into something personal, some might think.

My mother always said the reason many people didn’t feel well or had low energy was their bodies were not getting the vitamins and minerals they needed because they were not eating their vegetables.

Another thing she said about eating was ‘moderation and variety’, ‘moderation and variety’. I heard it many times. I believe it is the truth.

Mom was one of 9 kids, growing up in northern Illinois on a small fruit and vegetable farm that her father owned and they all worked hard to make a go of it. They grew up knowing what good produce looked like and tasted like. So they had the variety, and the moderation came about, I’m sure, because there were so many mouths to feed at each meal…not too many got seconds.

So today, when we’re down and stress is high and we want to pamper ourselves or someone else, too often we reach for comfort foods…delicious concoctions of salty, starchy or sweet, buttery flavors. I love it as much as the next person. They’re easy to prepare… or just order in- don’t even have to think about cooking. No need to worry about learning how to discover a genuine ripe melon, or find some fresh green beans, we’ll have our vitamin C in the tomato catsup on our hash-browns.

But…over time our body will begin to complain with aches, pains, low energy, skin conditions, organs begin to shut down, inability to concentrate for very long, and a general low grade feeling all the time.

Don’t reach for the medicine cabinet! Reach for the grocery cart and get some fresh food to put in your body. Take care of it like you would your car. Put in the right fuel and see how many more miles you’ll get from your day.

Come on…this year let’s take good care of our bodies!

You are worth it!