by Mary Henton | Jul 5, 2021 | Courage, Learning, Personal development
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives...
by Mary Henton | Jun 23, 2021 | Courage, Faith, Personal development
My good friend Linda Stormes just posted a piece entitled “Because of the Unexpected” on her site. It’s a beautiful piece that she wrote on the occasion of her birthday. She notes that the hole in her heart, which she’s had from birth, is a...
by Mary Henton | Jun 15, 2021 | Learning, Personal development
One of the hardest things we must do sometimes is to be present to another person’s pain without trying to fix it, to simply stand respectfully at the edge of that person’s mystery and misery. Standing there we feel useless and powerless, which is exactly...
by Mary Henton | May 7, 2021 | Learning, Personal development
Panicked, frightened, confused, and furious, I called my Al-Anon sponsor. My sixteen-year-old daughter had just stormed out of the house in a rage. I don’t remember the inciting incident. I just remember what I felt: worry, anger, fear, and everything in between. An...
by Mary Henton | Apr 1, 2021 | Learning, Personal development
Five years ago, in 2016, while living in Beni, DRC, I wrote the following reflection. As I reread it recently, I realized I’ve neglected to look for small resurrections this past year. It’s time to open my eyes and my heart again. On Good Friday I began rereading Nora...
