#TreasureTuesday

Today's #TreasureTuesday focus is what our hearts are bound to. Whatever we hold near and dear in our hearts, whatever we make our top priority, whatever we pet and feed and cuddle in our hearts will become the treasure we seek to protect at any and all costs.

But the thing about treasure is it isn't always good - it can be twisted, toxic, hurtful to self and others, dangerous, I suppose you get the picture. The point is for today's treasure focus is to be honest with yourself and look at what your heart is holding on to as treasure. If it's not life-giving to you and others then you probably should consider exchanging that *treasure* for one that encourages an abundant and fulfilling life.

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Comments

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

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