The Resolute Woman

Author: resolutewoman

  • The misogynist manifesto

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    In its fall 2024 issue, Ms. magazine calls Project 2025 “the misogynist manifesto.” Project 2025, for example, “directs the president to develop policies and programs to maintain a biblically based, social science-reinforced definition of marriage and family.” The document explains: “For the sake of child well-being, programs should affirm that children require and deserve both…

  • Wait and be calm

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    “By waiting and by calm you shall be saved. In quiet and in trust your strength lies.” –Isaiah30:15 I found this verse in Martin Laird’s book Into the Silent Land.

  • Silence the soul

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    “The soul is like a wild animal—tough, resilient, savvy and yet exceedingly shy,” says Parker Palmer, the Quaker teacher. “If we want to see a wild animal, the last thing we should do is to go crashing through the woods for the creature to come out. But, if we are willing to walk quietly into…

  • The time is now

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    In her autobiography The Truths We Hold, Kamala Harris quotes James Baldwin: “There is never a time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment. The time is now.”

  • Tell them who you are

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    In her autobiography The Truths We Hold, Kamala Harris stresses that one of her mother’s favorite sayings was: “Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. You tell them who you are.”

  • Speak the truth

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    Vice President Kamala Harris talks about truth in her autobiography The Truths We Hold. “We cannot solve our most intractable problems unless we are honest about what they are, unless we are willing to have difficult conversations and accept what facts make plain. “We need to speak truth: that racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and anti-Semitism…

  • Buy a lot of books

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    We should buy a lot of books, says Umberton Eco, Italian writer and philosopher. There are those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it, Eco says. “They simply apply the consumer mentality to books. That is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love…

  • Books as medicine

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    Consider books as medicine, says Umberton Eco, Italian writer and philosopher. If books are medicine, “we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few. When you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book…

  • Too many books?

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    I am—reluctantly—trying to get rid of a few books. Too many books? Impossible, said Umberton Eco, Italian writer and philosopher. He owned 50,000 books! “”It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be…

  • I fell

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    Yikes! I fell. No broken bones. Probably nerve damage. I am walking slowly with some pain. My husband Jerry has been a very attentive nurse, and I have received lots of comforting messages from friends. I have always loved this quote from Winnie the Pooh. “Friendship is a comforting thing to have.” –Joy