Author: resolutewoman
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Lincoln’s moral understanding
I am reading Jon Meacham’s new book about Abraham Lincoln—and Meacham stresses the story of Lincoln has messages for us today. I haven’t finished the book, but I knew I had to read it after I read an excerpt from the book in Time magazine. “Lincoln kept the American experiment in self-government alive when it…
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What we talk about
What do you talk about? “The best things can’t be told because they transcend thought,” Joseph Campbell once said. “The second best are misunderstood, because those are the thoughts that are supposed to refer to that which can’t be thought about. The third best are what we talk about.”
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Patriotism
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it,” Mark Twain once said.
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Ghastly goblins
Here’s my message for this year’s Halloween. “Be sure to vote to keep the ghastly goblins out of government!” –Joy
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Vote for hope
I saw a sign at a church in Tulsa. It said something like this—although my version has more words, I think. “Your vote is a sign you still have hope.” –Joy
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Everyone else
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
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Keep being yourself
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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Be yourself!
I have lots of favorite quotes, but this is one of my most favorite. And, I heard it repeated recently while I was watching a video at my Monday night class. Emerson once said, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” –Joy
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They give me joy
I returned from a trip and then welcomed company who arrived just a couple of days later. Finally, this morning, I went for my morning walk again–following the path in my neighborhood that I have taken for more than 30 years. Even though I enjoyed my travels and my guest very much, it was delightful…
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The emotions of morons?
Fredrik Backman, the Swedish author of The Winners, says that he writes about emotions. “I’m interested only in emotions—the things that people feel that make them act like morons.” Backman spoke at an Arts & Letters Live presentation in Dallas on October 3, 2022.