Tag: hiding

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!

The Angst of Beauty

Jennifred Jones

Most beauty was created because of ugliness.

Many of the artists whose work we love…creating masterpieces which bring us joy and happiness and amazement…created during a time of doubt, unhappiness, great depression, personal trial and disappointment…even sickness. It was the beauty they saw in their mind and began to create that caused them to survive their turmoils.

Could beauty be the solution to many of our problems? Are we caught in the fog of ugliness and despair – unable to see the beauty all around us?

The soft baby bunny, the early morning singing of birds, the silver pussy willows announcing spring, the laugh of a small child, the hug of a friend, the clear blue sky, the color of a rock in the rain, a warm cup of tea and a candle in the evening.

What do you see? Through the angst of life, can you still see beauty? Can you envision it? Can you somehow cause yourself to promote more beauty? Can you be the glistening raindrop on a barren dry soil? Can you be the smile while hiding your own tears to a weary soul? Can you see and envision hope for a better day, a better tomorrow when all you see and hear is ugliness and ruin?

What has broken your heart so you can no longer see a good future? Can you take the broken pieces and build something new, something stronger, something so beautiful that all the brokenness and ruin no longer is seen? All that remains is the work of beauty you created. That is the beauty others will see. And it will inspire them to see beauty through their own brokenness.

Unlock Yourself!

Jennifred Jones

Allow yourself to let your talents, skills and likes to come out and be seen.

This is part of getting unstuck! You have the key to yourself and must decide to allow yourself the freedom (which we all want and need) to come forth and be visible – useful!

Don’t deny yourself; don’t deny others of what you have to contribute to our (your) world.

There is something good inside every one of us that will help and improve any situation if we begin to function outside of ourselves. Thinking good thoughts is a start, but we need to begin doing the good things we think about.

Let’s come out of our own hiding and show up with our set of skills ready to help somewhere.