by skimhenson | Sep 16, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, What Is It About That Word?
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” Denis Waitley Some days I can’t shake thinking that happiness is a house with a pool, time off to travel...
by skimhenson | Sep 15, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, What Is It About That Word?
“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” Dale Carnegie The eight blog posts/sections in the chapter titled “Mind Over Matter and Emotions” focused on...
by skimhenson | Sep 14, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, What Is It About That Word?
Happy are the people who are in such a state;Happy are the people whose God is the Lord.Psalm 144:15 (NKJV) The Bible’s definition of happiness is above, literally and figuratively. Below is what the dictionary said about it. Merriam-Webster defined happiness...
by skimhenson | Sep 13, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard, What Is It About That Word?
This blog post/chapter begins Section Two about Happiness from my manuscript titled On The Other Side of Trying Hard: Healing, Happiness, and Holiness. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to...
by skimhenson | Sep 8, 2021 | On The Other Side of Trying Hard
I typically put a similar statement to this one at the end of most of my blog posts. However, today I’ve included it at the beginning because this post is an overview of Section 1 about Healing. This is the first of three sections to be included in my manuscript...
by skimhenson | Sep 7, 2021 | Mind Over Matter and Emotions, On The Other Side of Trying Hard
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 NIV What I put in is what comes out. I wrote this...