The Resolute Woman

Author: resolutewoman

  • The things that matter most

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    Goethe once said, “The things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.”

  • How’s your physiology?

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    Katie Karlovitz, a public speaking coach, says that your effectiveness as a speaker depends 55 percent on your physiology, 38 percent on your tonality and 7 percent on your content. I checked and physiology refers to a branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter. Karlovitz is…

  • I shall have some peace

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    When I feel stressed, I often find peace during a walk outside—or just standing under a tree for a few minutes and listening to the sounds of the birds and the wind. That’s why I like these lines from William Butler Yeats’ poem “The Lake of Innisfree.” ….And I shall have some peace there, for…

  • The good intentions of a busy woman

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    Today, sometimes when I think I’m busy, I remember all that I used to do when I was running my business and running after two active children at the same time. I was reminded of those action-packed days when I found an entry in my journal from April 2009. The entry was about a thank…

  • A walk in the park?

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    “If you wake up in the morning and you have a choice between doing laundry and taking a walk in the park, go for the walk,” says Christine Lee. “You’d hate to die and realize you have spent your last day doing laundry.” Christine Lee is one of the women whose photograph is featured in…

  • In spite of myself

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    “The supreme happiness of life,” Victor Hugo once said, “is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or, more correctly, in spite of yourself.” I found this quote in a book called On Friendship—A Selection. The book was edited by Louise Bachelder. –Joy

  • A Heaven full of friends

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    “My only sketch, profile of Heaven is a large blue sky, and larger than the biggest I have seen in June—and, in it, are my friends—every one of them.” That’s a quote from Emily Dickinson. I found it in a book called On Friendship—A Selection. The book was edited by Louise Bachelder. –Joy

  • Leathery old scales

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    Dulcie doesn’t want to go on a trip. “Oh, but I couldn’t possibly!” she says. “I don’t travel any more, you know. I haven’t had my hair done.” But Anna insists that she should, and Dulcie has a “wonderful” time. “You have taken the leathery old scales from my eyes,” Dulcie says. I am going…

  • What’s our duty?

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    “All his life he’s been longing for company and nobody has wanted him….He has no charm and he knows it. Can’t connect. Can’t hear people thinking,” says Dulcie. “Can’t help being what he is. He knows that nobody ever liked him. Haven’t I a duty to him?” Fayteen and I both know people who, for…

  • A performance or a march?

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    Elsie “was so beautiful….Chinese. Ageless. Paris thrown in. Perfect French. Poise….” For Elsie, “life was a performance. “For Betty, it was a tremendous march. A brave and glorious and, well, comical, sometimes endurance. All governed by love.” A performance or a march? Which best describes your life? Elsie and Betty are two of the characters…