The Resolute Woman

Author: resolutewoman

  • The cure for boredom

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    My daughter, Mary Elizabeth, and I were standing in line at the Southwest counter in Seattle when I noticed this quote on a woman’s tote bag. “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is not a cure for curiosity.” I checked online, and the quote can be attributed to Dorothy Parker or Ellen Parr. –Joy

  • My family is growing

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    While I was visiting our friends Mark and Eva in Bellingham, Washington, I thought about this fact: Sometimes friends seem like family. And, how wonderful that is! My family expands when I move a friend from the very-good-friend category to the almost-like-family category. –Joy

  • If men had babies

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    I found a card in an antique shop in Bellingham, Washington, and I couldn’t resist buying it for my friend Kathleen, who is supposed to have her second baby before the end of the month. The card shows a funky illustration of two men—one is sitting behind a desk and talking—and the other is wearing…

  • A journey to find herself

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    Amazing! The new Disney movie “Moana” will feature a heroine who journeys to find herself—not to find a man. We read about “Moana” in the August 8, 2016, issue of Time magazine.

  • Want to live to be 200?

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    If you want to live longer, you might follow the example of the Greenland shark. A new study in Science reported on 28 Greenland sharks that are 200 years or older, making them the planet’s longest-lived vertebrate. These sharks don’t eat every day. In fact, they might just have a big meal once or twice…

  • The meaning of life

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    “Love is our true destiny,” said Thomas Merton, the Catholic writer and mystic. “We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone. We find it with another.”

  • The beginning of love

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    Thomas Merton, the Catholic writer and mystic, once said, “The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. “Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”

  • Love peace

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    “Instead of loving what you think is peace, love other (people) and love God above all,” said Thomas Merton, the Catholic writer and mystic. “And, instead of hating the people you think are war makers, hate the appetites and the disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace,…

  • Just take a walk

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    I am a walker. Before I broke my leg last year, my dog Ginger and I walked two—or sometimes three miles—every morning. While I was recuperating, I walked circles through my house with my walker. Now, my neighbor Gaynelle and I walk exactly two miles every morning. I recommend walking—and so does Dr. Robert Dimeff,…

  • Read a book

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    People who read books may live longer. Researchers at Yale University studied the habits of people 50 and older and discovered that people who read 3.5 hours a week may add nearly two years to their lives. You may live longer if you read books, but magazines and newspapers may not provide the same benefit.…