“Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken.” That quote is on an embroidered plaque that my niece Alicia made. The message reminds me that I’m not wrong if I learn something from whatever I did. Perfection is not required! –Joy
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Infinite dignity and worth
by resolutewoman on May 18, 2019 in love, peace, Uncategorized
“The soul is the piece of us that gives each person infinite dignity and worth,” writes David Brooks in his new book. “Slavery is wrong because it obliterates a soul. Rape is not just an assault on physical molecules; it obliterates another soul. The soul yearns for goodness.” Brooks’ new book is The Second Mountain—The […]
A joyful resting place
by resolutewoman on April 25, 2019 in boundaries, hope, peace
We long to be at home in the world, Norman Wirzba once wrote. “Our failure—as evidenced in flights to virtual worlds and the growing reliance on ‘life enhancing’ drugs, antidepressants, antacids and stress management techniques—suggests a pervasive unwillingness or inability to make this world a home, to find our places and communities, our bodies and […]
Carve out moments of peace
by resolutewoman on April 23, 2019 in balance, peace
It’s easy to be silent and still on a silent retreat. However, after I finished my silent retreat, I soon found, of course, that it’s more difficult to slow down after I’ve looked at my daily to-do list. I have to carve out moments of peace during each day. I remember what Thoreau once wrote: […]
Content with silence
by resolutewoman on April 20, 2019 in overwhelmed, peace
I found this short poem by Ansel Adams during the silent retreat I attended recently. When words become unclear, I shall focus on photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. –Joy
Silence
by resolutewoman on April 18, 2019 in peace
I went on a six-hour silent retreat at the Blue Spring Retreat Center in Richardson. I didn’t talk for hours—except when I puzzled over the box lunch choices from Jimmy John’s and a woman finally asked me if I wanted a turkey sandwich. “Sure,” I said. I sat in a large room at the lodge […]
I go to the sea again
by resolutewoman on March 30, 2019 in depression, peace
In Moby Dick, Herman Melville wrote, “Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses….then, I account it high time to get to the sea as soon as I can.” Some of us go to the […]
Serenity
by resolutewoman on February 23, 2019 in courage, peace
“The final wisdom of life requires, not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it,” writes Reinhold Niebuhr, in his book The Irony of American History. y
Namaste
by resolutewoman on February 21, 2019 in hope, peace, Uncategorized
My husband, Jerry, and I are going to yoga classes. At the end of every class, the teachers says, “Namaste.” And, we return the greeting. I checked and namaste is “a gesture to send a message of peaceful spirituality to the universe in the hopes of receiving a positive message back.” In our class, we […]
An inescapable network of mutuality
by resolutewoman on January 22, 2019 in families, friends, peace
“In a real sense, all life is interrelated. All men (and women) are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly,” Martin Luther King once said. We found this quote in Martin Luther King’s book A Gift of Love.
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