Vice President Harris says we must fight for a woman’s right to control her body. She spoke on January 22, 2023—the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v Wade, the decision that guaranteed a woman’s right to abortion. She spoke in protest of a recent Supreme Court decision that took away that […]
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Let your actions speak
by resolutewoman on January 21, 2023 in change, courage, Uncategorized
Beto O’Rourke is now teaching a class at the University of Chicago and writing email messages to people like me. Beto’s advice: “Keep the faith, keep up the fight and let our action be the antidote to any despair that tempts us.” –Joy
Speak up–in a loud voice
by resolutewoman on January 17, 2023 in change, courage, holidays
As I said in my last blog post, one of my resolutions for 2023 is to speak up. I was reminded of that resolution recently when I read a Martin Luther King Jr. quote: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” –Joy
Courage
by resolutewoman on December 13, 2022 in courage
Time magazine has named Ukrainian President Zelenskyy its Person of the Year. Zelenskyy, the magazine staff explained, deserves the award “for proving that courage can be as contagious as fear.”
The power of small
by resolutewoman on December 8, 2022 in character, courage, resolute-women
Michelle Obama says it helps to focus on what you can control when you feel out of control. The things she could control during the pandemic and times of racial unrest and threats to democracy were her spools of yarn and knitting needles. She labels such thinking “power of small” in her new book The […]
Power
by resolutewoman on December 6, 2022 in change, confidence, courage
Who needs power? “I do not wish women to have power over men but power over themselves,” Mary Wollstonecraft once said.
The truth
by resolutewoman on November 10, 2022 in character, courage
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off,” Gloria Steinem once said.
We must be friends
by resolutewoman on November 8, 2022 in character, courage, friends
“We are not enemies, but friends,” Abraham Lincoln said in 1861. “We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.”
Everyone else
by resolutewoman on October 25, 2022 in character, confidence, courage
In my last two posts, I shared two quotes about being yourself. This has always been my favorite quote about being yourself. It’s from Oscar Wilde. “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” –Joy
Keep being yourself
by resolutewoman on October 22, 2022 in character, confidence, courage
In my last post, I mentioned the Emerson quote about being yourself. This is another quote that I like—a lot. “You change the world by being yourself,” Yoko Ono once said. –Joy
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