by skimhenson | Aug 23, 2022 | Holy Perspective, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“The goodness of God is infinitely more wonderful than we will ever be able to comprehend.” Aiden Wilson Tozer My own goodness created an impasse for decades to me truly being good. It got in the way of God’s goodness and got me into trouble because I...
by skimhenson | Jul 14, 2021 | Dead for a Decade, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“The tragedy of life is not death but what we let die inside of us while we live.” Norman Cousins Just like denial doesn’t work, neither does deadening parts of us that we don’t like, can’t accept, or can’t change. It’s damaging at best, deadly at its worst. The...
by skimhenson | Jul 12, 2021 | Dead for a Decade, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“It would be impossible to estimate how much time and energy we invest in trying to fix, change, and deny our emotions … ” Debbie Ford Until a friend private messaged that she’d been reading my blog for months, I had no idea how long I’d struggled...
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...