Tag: worth

Particles of Gold

Jennifred Jones

Gold is valuable, but it takes considerable effort to find it, refine it, and combine it into a pin or ring.

That’s us! We all have many, many particles of gold within, but it takes effort….considerable effort to find it, refine it and make it into something. It will be a lifelong process, mining it out, and often we’ll need other gold-diggers (friends etc) to help us find the veins in us and dig them out!

Each of us has intrinsic value and worth that this world, our family, our workplaces, other people need for us to bring to the surface and offer in exchange to meet not only their needs but ours.

I give you a piece of my gold, shaped like a pillow I made that you want, in exchange for a piece of your gold, shaped like a bookshelf I want that you made.

I am a pie baker, that’s my gold, which you need for your dinner, so you give me some of your gold in exchange.

You have a golden idea to help my business, so I give you some of my gold for your idea.

I raise cattle, that’s my gold, to sell to your restaurant for your customers in exchange for their gold while they enjoy your meal.

I can’t sew my pillow without the sewing machine you designed and made because you knew someone would need one to make the pillow you might want!

It’s a circle of provision…finding, combining, delivering, meeting needs improving upon, developing another idea, a better product, adding more of your gold combined with some of mine….

Let’s gold mine together and capture every particle and bring them out and build together a better world!

The Discomfort of Comfort Foods

Jennifred Jones

The holiday season is over and I am stuffed. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I guess it depends on what you ate and how it makes you feel and act.

That sounds dumb! It’s just food!

Or is it? And is it able to nourish your body?

Don’t say anymore; now you’re getting into something personal, some might think.

My mother always said the reason many people didn’t feel well or had low energy was their bodies were not getting the vitamins and minerals they needed because they were not eating their vegetables.

Another thing she said about eating was ‘moderation and variety’, ‘moderation and variety’. I heard it many times. I believe it is the truth.

Mom was one of 9 kids, growing up in northern Illinois on a small fruit and vegetable farm that her father owned and they all worked hard to make a go of it. They grew up knowing what good produce looked like and tasted like. So they had the variety, and the moderation came about, I’m sure, because there were so many mouths to feed at each meal…not too many got seconds.

So today, when we’re down and stress is high and we want to pamper ourselves or someone else, too often we reach for comfort foods…delicious concoctions of salty, starchy or sweet, buttery flavors. I love it as much as the next person. They’re easy to prepare… or just order in- don’t even have to think about cooking. No need to worry about learning how to discover a genuine ripe melon, or find some fresh green beans, we’ll have our vitamin C in the tomato catsup on our hash-browns.

But…over time our body will begin to complain with aches, pains, low energy, skin conditions, organs begin to shut down, inability to concentrate for very long, and a general low grade feeling all the time.

Don’t reach for the medicine cabinet! Reach for the grocery cart and get some fresh food to put in your body. Take care of it like you would your car. Put in the right fuel and see how many more miles you’ll get from your day.

Come on…this year let’s take good care of our bodies!

You are worth it!