by skimhenson | Mar 31, 2016 | awareness and action, getting your own life, pain, self-destruction, self-doubt
“The real violence, the violence I realized that is unforgivable, is the violence we do to ourselves when we’re too afraid to be who we really are.” Unknown While a friend and I talked about depression, she asked about my past and said, “What happened that was...
by skimhenson | Mar 25, 2016 | emotions, listening and talking, marriage
“The aim of an argument, or of a discussion, should not be victory, but progress.” Joseph Joubert I’ve seldom let anyone inside one of our arguments. They are too painful even if we say it’s about hair, which this one was. Of course, hair is not what escalates...
by skimhenson | Mar 17, 2016 | envy
“Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big, flashing signs that something needs to change.” Gretchen Rubin I don’t often mess with envy since reading an article about Reverend Ike, a minister...
by skimhenson | Mar 10, 2016 | depression, fear, honesty, relationships, self-care
“I feel safer keeping a space, a gentle breeze between me and people, a buffer I like to think of as God.” S. Kim Henson When John accused me of isolating, he mixed up his words and instead said, “It concerns me how much you’re insulating yourself from others.” “I...
by skimhenson | Mar 3, 2016 | prayer and study
“When the stakes are high bow down low.” Beth Moore It’s been two years since John and I bent down at the end of our bed and said our first prayer together. I mean, we prayed at church and sometimes before meals, but this was our first joint appeal to God. We couldn’t...