by skimhenson | Mar 17, 2016 | envy
“Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big, flashing signs that something needs to change.” Gretchen Rubin I don’t often mess with envy since reading an article about Reverend Ike, a minister...
by skimhenson | Mar 3, 2016 | prayer and study
“When the stakes are high bow down low.” Beth Moore It’s been two years since John and I bent down at the end of our bed and said our first prayer together. I mean, we prayed at church and sometimes before meals, but this was our first joint appeal to God. We couldn’t...
by skimhenson | Jan 21, 2016 | freedom, relationships, suicide
“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.” Voltaire Besides asking for qualifications, editors and publishers ask, “Who is your audience?” I figured out my readership when I figured out what I needed to write about. I’m...
by skimhenson | Jan 14, 2016 | life improvement, relationships
“Healing is a small and ordinary and very burnt thing. And it’s one thing and one thing only: it’s doing what you have to do.” Cheryl Strayed Cheryl Strayed, author of the memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, had to hike...
by skimhenson | Jan 2, 2016 | love and grace, relationships, writing words to live by
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” Lucille Ball Every year since 2012, instead of resolutions I don’t keep, I’ve chosen a word for the year to help reach goals that I may or...