Tag: responsibility

Who Can I Be Good to Today?

Jennifred Jones

The war is on! Is it really people against people? Or is it good vs evil?

We, all of us peoples all over the world today and everyday make choices, have choices to make. We personally can and are responsible for the choices we make…whether to further good or to side with evil. We have to be discriminating how we watch, listen and respond. Will what I ingest through my eyes, ears and doings be a good choice for me, my family and my fellow man?

We can simplify our lives greatly if we live by the principle of being and doing good.

There is so much alarmism in the news, trying to gain a foothold in our minds. Then all we think about is trouble and how to get even, retaliate, hate and worry. The downward spiral leads to loss of hope, despair and often hiding.

And while we’re in ‘neutral’ – fearing, hating, worrying, hiding – nothing good is being accomplished. It takes effort – strength -physical and mental – to do something good when evil is happening. If all we do is watch others tear things down with words and actions, who will be the builders–many times not only building, but rebuilding, cleaning up after others’ messes. That is just the way life operates.

Someone is always watching us. Are we giving them an excuse to continue in bad ways, or will they see a reason to change and help others by doing good?

Your ‘good’ might only need to be a smile, a helping hand, a word of encouragement, a cup of coffee, a ride to work, opening the door, sweeping the sidewalk, but it will multiply.

Who can I show good to today?

Don’t Give Away Your Power!

Jennifred Jones

How many times have I let somebody else make my decisions for me. I gave them my power!

I have done it time and time again, and hopefully I have ‘learnt my lesson’ and can help you.

For me, too often I didn’t think I was capable of figuring something out, or ‘needed’ help, or didn’t take the initiative, or was (lazy) and thought I’d just leave it up to somebody else!

Yes, it takes work, mental energy to make decisions. There might be some research you have to do. Might have to learn something new. Might have to start something new. Might have to turn away from something old. Might have to give something up.

But if you get busy doing your ‘homework’ your mental strength muscles will develop and your very own personal power – given to you – will grow and grow stronger. You’ll begin to notice changes in your outlook on life. The gray areas will start to disappear, and you’ll see more clearly what needs to be done or changed or added to.

Yes, there is power out there. It’s kind of like a vacuum. If you don’t claim your power someone else will take it from you … (by default you gave it to them).

Hold on to what is rightfully yours! and like we talked about yesterday…stand!

Take your responsibility – part of your reclaiming your power – and use it! Claim it! Be thankful for it! Do all you can with it, and you will be given more to help others.

Stand in your own power!

STAND!

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!