Trying Hard Didn’t Work (trying hard versus hard work), part 5
“Sometimes the only ‘work’ required is trusting God to do the work.” Unknown Daily I question my book topic, chapter titles, and whether or not any of this matters enough to write. Before I headed upstairs last night to write this blog post, I opened an old book that I read in 2008 written by John and Stasi Eldredge, Captivating:...
Trying Hard Didn’t Work (no matter what people said), part 4
“To try or not to try, that is the question.” There are articles to endorse every opinion, studies to prove every theory. It’s easy to find stories about how trying hard worked and stories about how it didn’t. I’m almost finished writing the latter. We’ll soon move on to what does work. Until then … Years ago, two friends,...
Trying Hard Didn’t Work (dying to get better), part 3
“When people ask, “What do you do?” I say, “Whatever it takes.” Unknown In 2008, I did whatever it took to check off boxes toward my writing career like being published in a national magazine. Professionally, it paid off. Three newspapers ran my column about daytrips and other attractions in Upstate South Carolina. An editor asked me to...
Trying Hard Didn’t Work (no matter what the quotes said), part 2
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Edison Of all the “trying hard” quotes, the one above is my favorite. It’s so me. I have Thomas Edison beat because I have found more than 10,000 ways that haven’t worked. I’m not knocking trying hard. I’m also not suggesting we don’t do it. Even though I...
Trying Hard Didn’t Work (not the way I thought it should), part 1
“All I knew about was trying …” Joyce Meyer’s from her book If Not for the Grace of God Listening to a friend tell all the things she’d done for her daughter before their estrangement, I sympathized when she said, “I don’t know what else I could have done. I tried so hard.” Another friend pulled out tissue after tissue while trying...
On The Other Side of Trying Hard: What’s In It For You?
“Be proud of yourself for how hard you’re trying.” Unknown On the Other Side of Trying Hard: Healing, Happiness, and Holiness is a book for anybody who woke up one morning and thought, How’d I end up where I didn’t want to be after years, maybe even decades, of trying hard? It’s for those of us who tried hard to straighten everyone...
On The Other Side of Trying Hard: How’d I Come Up With This Topic?
“Sure. Knock yourself out. No, really. Hammer to the head, works every time.” Rachel Caine I’m a nonfiction reader, so I never picked up one of Rachel Caine’s books. However, when I stumbled onto her words about putting a hammer to my head, I figured we had to be related – maybe identical twins or closer. I laughed at her quote about as much...
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