The Resolute Woman

Author: resolutewoman

  • It’s time to play

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    In his book Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul, Dr. Christopher Vaughan advises us to spend more time playing. Play, he says, is whatever you love to do, and spending more time doing what you love to do will improve your work and your relationships. “There isn’t any…

  • By 2030, will half of us be obese?

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    By 2030, Trust for America’s Health predicts 13 states will have obesity rates above 60 percent, 39 states will have rates above 50 percent and every state will have rates above 44 percent. We read this grim prediction in the September 19, 2012, issue of the Dallas Morning News, and, at first, we just felt…

  • Wisdom from Margaret Hastings

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    In 1945, at the end of World War II, Margaret Hastings went on a sightseeing flight with 23 other soldiers and members of the Women’s Army Corps in the isolated mountains of New Guinea. They wanted to catch a glimpse of a beautiful valley that the Americans referred to as Shangri-La and the primitive people…

  • Just say something “nice”

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    I recently saw an old friend, someone I hadn’t seen in a long time. “You look great, Fayteen,” she said, “but what did you do with your hair? I really liked it the way you used to wear it.” Was this a compliment? Her voice was sweet, but I detected criticism in the sweetness. Was…

  • What’s bothering you today?

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    We all have had some big problems, and some of us have had or have enormous difficulties. However, it’s true, too, that all of us spend a lot of time getting upset about minor things. In his book The Untethered Soul—The Journey Beyond Yourself, Michael Singer reminds us to have a some perspective. Imagine that…

  • Getting back on the horse

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    I remember the first time I was thrown off a horse. I started to run away—to run as far away from that horse as I could run. But my dad wouldn’t let me run away. He caught me before I could fly away. He put his arms around me, and we stood by the horse…

  • How to help girls become leaders

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    Only 17 percent of United States senators, representatives and governors are women. Only 3 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women, and women make up only 15 percent of corporate boards. Women account for less than 20 percent of the bachelor’s degrees in engineering, computer science and physics. What’s even more discouraging is this statistic:…

  • Calm and chaos

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    I am proud to report that it’s peaceful at our house. All three of our dogs usually remain calm. Gracie Girl, a five-pound apricot-red poodle is the smallest, but she reigns as head of the pack. Roxie Ravin, at seven pounds, is always the gentle caretaker staying close to her human and nonhuman friends when…

  • A reminder about listening

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    I am sure that my dog Ginger is as wise as Enzo, Denny’s dog in Garth Stein’s book The Art of Racing in the Rain. However, even though I understand perfectly when Ginger is ready for a walk or wants something to eat, she has never been the narrator of a book or shared her…

  • Remember Aunt Ola?

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    Do you remember my husband Jerry’s Aunt Ola? Last year, I wrote about her when she turned 104. Now, she’s 105! When we visited Ola at her retirement community recently, we talked nonstop for two hours. Ola asked my daughter Mary Elizabeth about her graduate school classes, and she wanted to know about our son…