Tag: people

The Army of Good

Jennifred Jones

There’s an army of good arising. Join it!

All over we’re seeing signs saying, ‘Be Kind’, ‘Be the Good’, ‘Kindness Matters’.

Many are standing their ground that our country, our world, people in general need goodness and kindness expressed towards them!

There are no qualifications necessary to join this army, no weapons or armor needed…not even a general,  lieutenant or sergeant telling us what to do. We get to set our own schedule, march to our own beat, wear our own clothes, prepare our own foodstuffs, (no K-rations involved here).

All we need to do is be on the lookout. Lookout for what?

Lookout for wherever good needs to be advanced!

This is not hard to do friends 🙂

First begin with you:

Be good to you. Take care of yourself body, soul, mind and spirit. Think on good things.

Be good to your surroundings. Keep your habitation clean and orderly. (It will make you feel better.)

Be good at your job. Get along with others. Look for ways to improve and grow. Encourage your co-workers.

Be good to your neighbors and ‘hood. Keep your yard tidied. Plant some flowers to cheer things up a bit.

Be good to strangers. Smile at somebody. Say ‘Hi’ to another human. Put on a fresh face and dress attractively for you…that alone can encourage another person.

Be good where you shop. Put your cart back in the cart return. Take items you don’t want back to where you got them instead of leaving socks hidden in the canned goods aisle, or clothes hanging in pots and pan section (Thank you Joyce Meyer for this tidbit) After all someone else will have to clean up after you…

Be good to your family. Write gramma a letter. Go visit uncle. Say thank you and please to each other.

Be a good responsible driver. Your family and others need you to arrive safely in one piece.

Basic stuff this is…all things I have to implement each day too.

I  want to do better tomorrow and motivate others by my actions.

Let’s fight together in our army of good!

The Human Vending Machine

Jennifred Jones

This thought just now popped into my mind…’human vending machine’…

Is that all some of us feel we are, or are letting ourselves become?

Are we allowing others to ‘put money into us’ and take out of us what they want without our genuine approval?

This could go in a multitude of ways…in our job, in our family, in our friend relationships, etc., etc., etc.

Think about it…have we lost our humanity and become a vending machine where we allow others, no matter what their rank or status to stand before us and tell us what they want and we give it to them no questions asked?

Yes, we are to be giving, loving, helpful and serving others, but to be treated like a disposable machine with no say-so, no opinion of our own, only following the will of others is not how we were designed.

We each are a unique valuable piece of God’s creation with a purpose. We are not another cog in the wheel that can be replaced if broken off and discarded.

Every single one of us…you included!!!…has value and an output to give in this world that is your own style, with your trademark on it to be used to benefit this world.

You were not designed… created… to be a mere follow-a-longer, but to offer input, a different perspective, a good suggestion, a new way of doing the same old things.

You are not to quench or allow others to quench the you in you!

You have a right to think, and a right to speak up for yourself without another’s approval.

We do not have a right to withhold the good inside of us from coming out because someone else might not like it.

Remember, you are not a human vending machine, only giving out what others want or say. You are a human being with a free will and mind to use and develop and grow to become a strong and better person and help others become better stronger human beings, if in no other way than by watching you.

We have a big responsibility don’t we? But we are up for the challenge!

What I Saw Today

Jennifred Jones

Today I saw people doing many good things.

  • People donating to the Goodwill
  • Moms with kids at the farmer’s market
  • High School students running for track 
  • Two happy college girls working at Crew carwash
  • A state trooper detailing his car after his car wash
  • People outside sharing ice-cream together
  • A young lady gathering up trash at her workplace
  • A driver letting another ahead of him in his lane
  • People going to the ‘Y’ to work out

None of the above will make the news, but they are ordinary everyday good that everyone is doing.

Let’s look  today expecting to see good, to notice other people doing good.

Let’s let these images dominate in our minds.

Let’s let good permeate our day.

What’s the first good thing I see today?