by skimhenson | Aug 29, 2011 | awareness and action
“If you’re trying hard and not making any progress, quit trying. Quit trying and start being,” said Linda, our Pilates instructor, reading from a meditation by Ralph Marston. Two weeks earlier she read one about doing. “Start now what you hope to accomplish and...
by skimhenson | Aug 25, 2011 | choices and decisions, freedom
For a long time I couldn’t name it. All I knew was Betty was good for me, and because of her, I got better. I set out to follow her example, whatever it was. “Just think about where you get it and what size before you have it done. You may not always want others to...
by skimhenson | Aug 22, 2011 | listening and talking, time well spent
As good as feels to be paid for my writing, I’m questioning if 20 plus magazine, newspaper and website articles a month is what God had in mind when together we set out on this writing path. The post about busyness got me thinking whether I’ve traded our partnership...
by skimhenson | Aug 15, 2011 | time well spent
Busy as a bee = too busy to be. Silly, I know, but once I noticed the correlation, I couldn’t unnotice it. I scrambled to justify why I put aside morning readings, my time writing to God, and a 13-item gratitude list I used to say out loud in the shower. Here...
by skimhenson | Aug 4, 2011 | life improvement
When there’s not enough time for an overhaul during yard work, my husband and I neaten the flowerbeds and around the edge of the lawn with the weed eater. We chop the tops off dollar weed, crabgrass and Japanese clover till it’s ground level and barely...