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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.

I Am a Model

Jennifred Jones

Today I am modeling…

Many people want to be noticed, remembered, looked up to, thought important…maybe even become a model!

They don’t know it, but they already are! We’re all modeling something every moment of every day to somebody, to nobody, to ourselves…what do they (we) see? Is it something we’d be happy to see, something we want to see, something we’re proud of? Is it even something we really want to model or are we only modeling what others (or we think others) want us to?

These are deep questions to ponder. All my growing up years on into college, I was in constant inner turmoil. Do I look good? What will others think? Do my clothes look right, am I stylish, is my hair okay, my glasses on straight, am I too skinny? I was a self-conscious wreck!! Finally at 21 I learned it was okay to be who I was. I looked okay in my homemade clothes (I was too tall for most dresses and pants), I was born with curly hair, that’s just the way I was made and my glasses helped me see better and being skinny I could be more active. So there!

But before that revelation, I was modeling shyness, insecurity, inferiority, self-consciousness, not really any fun to be around. I wasn’t happy to see me, I wasn’t proud of myself and was all wrapped up in myself so I couldn’t think about anybody else! Crazy how that works! (It was all me, myself and I)

A new mindset had to be formed where thoughts of others and their needs became important to me. What a relief to not be so self-consumed! There was freedom to think new thoughts, find new interests, make new friends, try new things and go different places. There would always be someone fun to meet and talk to.

How about you? Are you modeling who you are or want to be, or are you modeling what you think others will want to see?

Only flip the switch inside of you and you’ll become the something new.

I’m Tired!

Jennifred Jones

I’m tired! I’ve had it!! Enough is enough!!!

The realization hit me. Why keep going around and around in the same old circle over and over, doing the things, following the same mental practice leading to the same results?

Why???

Things can be different. They can be better. There could be a better outcome.

The results don’t always have to be the same.

I will begin again… new thoughts, new ideas, new hopes, new dreams with…new results!

It’s really that simple – yet hard. Change the old thinking with new thinking.

The easy part is no physical effort involved.

The hard part – changing your mind.

But it’s time for a change of scenery.

Let’s go!