Tag: good

Encouragement

Jennifred Jones

To give courage is a good way of saying it.

This day and age we all need to be encouraged, and each of us need to be encouragers. We’re all fighting battles, mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and some days the battle seems a bit more intense. Some courage – even if borrowed from another – would be helpful.

Courage is transferable, just like dis-courage is transferable. Why not belong to the encouragement group of helping, lifting up, building up, holding up. The dis-courage group is seen everywhere…knock down, tear down, close down, telling them why it can’t be done…foolish, stupid, etc. etc. etc.  Is our inner networking built up by encouraging others or by knocking somebody down to go higher?

I believe the majority belong to the encouragement bunch who want to see good, be good and do good. But the dis-couragement bunch tries to prevent it. Sometimes that dis-couragement ‘bunch’ resides inside our own head! We have to root those thoughts out!

In the long run, good will overcome evil, but no sense in causing more suffering along the way by participating in the ‘dis-courage bunch’.

Today, let’s rise higher, think nobler, be better, build more, encourage more and see the difference. It may only be noticeable in you or to you. But all good things start with a single step. You start and take the first step.

Today, I will…:)

In Any Land

Jennifred Jones

In any land you have a mix of people. You have a mix of thoughts.

  • The positive thinkers the negative thinkers.
  • The good doers the bad doers.
  • Those who have direction and those who’ve lost their direction.
  • Those who have hope and those with no hope.

All these contrasts and differences; how can they work, live – even be together? We who are strong are to bear the infirmities of the weak, yet each man must bear his own load. How does this all work?

That’s why there are standards/guiding principles to help us live even when we don’t feel the best or want to do the best. I’m thinking of two right now:

  1. In as much as possible with you, be at peace with all men. You do what you can, and let the rest be, and continue on with your life.
  2. The Golden Rule: Treat others as you want to be treated. Again, do your best and leave the rest.

If in our little areas (our ‘campsites’) we abide by these guidelines, we will find ways to work together and meet the needs of others.

Let’s work together.

Let Your Thoughts Take Shape

Jennifred Jones

Who says you can’t create something good? We’re all thinking constantly; crafting in our mind. How would it be if…

What if we let our thoughts begin to take shape? What if you decided you could make the project you’ve been dreaming about. What if you decided to allow yourself to pick up the brush or pen and draw something you’d been thinking…to put the colors you’ve seen in your mind on a canvas and hang it up…just for you? What if you decided to borrow a children’s foreign language book and begin to learn a new dialect? You’ve always thought of doing it. What if you looked for a music teacher to learn piano or singing or guitar as you’d dreamed of doing someday. What if you turned over 1 square foot of soil and planted a dozen daffodil bulbs to brighten your mornings next spring? What if you took your neighbor a small house plant to add a bit of life to their home?

What if you only swept off your front steps or porch? What if you washed the inside windows of your car? What if you organized your toolbox? It might inspire you to begin building the birdhouse your wife would love.

All these ‘what-ifs’ began with a thought. Good thoughts, many good thoughts go unimplemented – never carried out! How many good things never happened that could have if only we let them take shape.

Yes, we are shapers of thoughts. If it’s possible to do your good thought, get started. Then begin and finish another thought and keep them flowing.

Your good thought could be a turning point in someone’s life…maybe yours.

Now back to what I was thinking about…