when strivings cease by ruth chou simons

What it reveals to me is that I still have a lot to work through regarding my pride and desire to earn approval from others. But then afterward, I'm always grateful for the opportunity. And so when you ask me on stage, I want to throw up right away.

And so I keep showing up and doing it because it's one of the few things that reminds me that God’s using my weakness more than he's using my strength. It doesn't go through 20 passes and galleys before it gets presented, which is hard for an artist and an author like me.

When you show up live on stage, you can't edit, you can't truly memorize everything you're going to say. I mean, my pride wants to make sure that I never look foolish, that I don't show up less than I want to be, that I’m never a disappointment. I think the kryptonite that's down deep is that my pride wants only to succeed. The fear of looking foolish shuts me down. I actually love speaking-I do love it-but there's a physical reaction. I'm in an industry that requires that I show up, and not just show up, but show up with passion and poise and polish and charisma. Well, I have a lot, but I would say the most surprising one for a lot of people to hear from me is that I have pretty tremendous stage fright. So, what’s your kryptonite and how do you hide it? But who are we kidding? We’re broken and in this thing together. They have a bowl for breakfast that includes green chili sauce smothered all over hash browns in a very easy fried egg.Įvery superhero has a weakness. So I would say the go-to for me is a restaurant here in Durango called Oscars Cafe. But the mountains where I live are lovely, and I’m grateful I can still access chilis. That's the kind of life I live-no Target, no Costco, no Trader Joe's.

There's no Target within an hour’s drive. I live in Durango, Colorado (on the southwestern side of the state), so it's more rugged and rural. So now, I still make sure I get the authentic stuff. Green and red chili, when you grow up in New Mexico, is a big part of your life. It’s as though chili is woven into the fabric of my being. So I kind of can't go a week without green chili. I wear a turquoise ring on my right hand-that constant nod and a reminder that the Lord has shaped my life around the desert and the Southwest. Growing up in the Southwest, I spent many years of my life in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and have now lived in the southwestern part of the state of Colorado for four years. How does a go-to meal at your favorite hometown restaurant reveal the true you behind the web bio? There's much more to food than palate and preference.

When strivings cease by ruth chou simons