by skimhenson | Jul 21, 2021 | Dead for a Decade, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“It’s hard to save the world when you can’t save yourself.” Author Carrie Jones (Some references at the beginning are from the past couple of blog posts.) Hearing the saying for myself – “a turn of events” – left me questioning how to...
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...