by skimhenson | Feb 19, 2020 | life improvement, responsibility, self-discipline
“You either get bitter or you get better. It’s that simple. You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does not belong to fate, it belongs to you.” Josh Shipp, author and...
by skimhenson | Nov 3, 2017 | life improvement, writing words to live by
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” Hans Hofmann Simplicity is my word for 2018. The term showed up in a private Facebook message from a friend asking about my blog. Agnes and I talked about growing our...
by skimhenson | Jan 20, 2017 | about me, awareness and action, life improvement, relationships, family stories, self-care
“Sometimes the person who’s been there for everyone else needs to be there for herself.” S. Kim Henson I’m funniest in the shower, like this morning. I asked myself a slightly revised question from the movie Sabrina, and in the same tone William Holden asked it of...
by skimhenson | Sep 15, 2016 | following our dreams, getting your own life, life improvement, time well spent
“The days you work are the best days.” Georgia O’Keeffe Four blog posts ago, I wrote “Choose Well” about sitting still so as not to miss the magic. This week’s post is about working, and for the same reason … so we don’t miss the magic. A phone conversation gave...
by skimhenson | Jan 14, 2016 | life improvement, relationships
“Healing is a small and ordinary and very burnt thing. And it’s one thing and one thing only: it’s doing what you have to do.” Cheryl Strayed Cheryl Strayed, author of the memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, had to hike...
by skimhenson | May 24, 2012 | acceptance, life improvement
“I took off all my clothes and stood in front of a full-length mirror. I told myself, ‘You’re going to stand here until you love what you see.’ It took time, but I did it. I walked away with some self-acceptance.” This quote is from an overweight friend who was at her...