Do we drop the kernel, to hold onto the chaff?

This is one of those thoughts, that just came to me. (Quite some time ago now.)
It might be a bit of fun to have a look at it. So, shall we do just that then?

The thought is about threshing wheat, but doing it, the wrong way round.

The right way to thresh wheat, is to throw it up into the air, out in the open, to then let the wind take the chaff (the not so good stuff) away.
The kernel (the good stuff), should fall to the ground, to then be collected and kept.
(This is only my basic understanding of threshing, I’m not an expert.)

If we have, even a basic understanding of threshing, then would we ever actively consider, doing it the wrong way round?

How silly would we be, if we were to throw the wheat up into the air, to then chase the chaff around, trying to gather as much as we could?
To then leave the kernel on the ground for others to come along and take away. Or for us to trample on and destroy, as we try to chase the chaff around???

Is there anyone, who would want to actively be the silly one, who chases after the stuff, that should be left to fall away?

But are there times, when we have done just this?
Are there times, when we go chasing after, … Rubbish, when there is Better stuff, just waiting, to be picked up?

Rather than me carrying on with this post, and then filling your mind with my thoughts, I’m going to finish here, and just ask that you might dwell on the final thought, with Our Lord God, for as long as He leads you to.

What are the things that I’m chasing, that aren’t so good for me, that I should just let fall away?
What are the Good things, that I should be picking up, that I’m currently missing?