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...
by skimhenson | Jun 30, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“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,...
by skimhenson | Jun 29, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“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...