by skimhenson | Aug 30, 2017 | acceptance, attitude
“I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.” Mother Teresa Watching friends stand against a candidate drove me a little crazy by the end...
by skimhenson | Jun 25, 2017 | attitude
“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” Scott Hamilton It’s easier to recognize a bad attitude in others than to convince a person they have one or to see it in ourselves. It’s like selective hearing. We ignore what we don’t want to deal with. I figured this...
by skimhenson | Jun 25, 2016 | attitude, getting your own life, lightening up
“Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” Jacob Riis You...
by skimhenson | Feb 19, 2014 | attitude, love and grace, self-respect
When the deal fell through, I fell also. On my face. Literally. Which is why in my last blog post I talked about the mom who told her young son, “Fix your face.” Her words reminded me that I couldn’t fix mine, and neither could anyone else except God, and, so far, he...
by skimhenson | May 11, 2011 | attitude
“I wanted to call you so bad a few months ago and say, ‘I don’t know what’s wrong with me.’ But making the call didn’t feel right. Instead, I put on my big girl panties and said, ‘Deal with it.’” My daughter shared this yesterday while we talked on the phone into the...