Meet the Author
Writer Terese Luikens contributes articles for Mother Earth News, The Secret Place, Decision Magazine, The Upper Room, Hearts at Home, and the Epoch Times and publishes her own blog, Why Bother? A schoolteacher and a yoga instructor, Terese lives in Sandpoint, Idaho, with her husband and enjoys being mother to three grown sons and grandmother to her much-loved grandchildren.
Latest Blog Posts
Why Bother Exterminating Envy?
Envy is dangerous. It is sly, subtle and silent. It creeps into our lives and when we discover it, we may be embarrassed that we’ve allowed ourselves to feel the way we do. But until we recognize our hostility, resentfulness and antagonism toward someone else, we are unable to exterminate envy. Set it Aside Relationships…
Why Bother Being Grateful for Friends?
A woman once said to me that it is hard for her to make friends, especially the older she gets. Her statement caused me to consider my friendships. Some of them began with a bang and then fizzled out all together, while others wobbled with uncertainty at the start, but then solidified and deepened over…
Why Bother Being Congruent?
The word congruent, as a geometry term, refers to the equality between two shapes; two figures having the same shape and size, a mirror image of the other. But, we can also use the term congruent when referring to our insides and our outsides. Incongruent When shapes or figures do not mirror…