by skimhenson | Jul 8, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, Trying Hard Didn't Work
“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...
by skimhenson | Jul 7, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, Trying Hard Didn't Work
“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...
by skimhenson | Jul 6, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, Trying Hard Didn't Work
“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...
by skimhenson | Jul 5, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, Trying Hard Didn't Work
“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...
by skimhenson | Jul 1, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, Trying Hard Didn't Work
“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...