Author: resolutewoman
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Be tenacious
Don’t give up! “We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves,” Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize winning physicist and chemist, once said.
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We can go forward again
The world seems dreary. It is easy to feel despair. However, the author Margaret Atwood advises us to hang onto hope. Atwood likes to point out that the world has seen worse pandemics and worse political turmoil. “People wring their hands in despair when we have things happen that we consider going backward,” she says.…
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Behave yourself?!
I behave myself most of the time. However, I appreciate these words from author Margaret Atwood. “If you don’t think of yourself as an august person, you don’t have to behave yourself,” Atwood says. I found this quote in the March 11, 2022, issue of The Week. –Joy
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Has spring finally arrived?
For the first time this year, I visited the Dallas Arboretum and wore a shirt with short sleeves! No jacket. It was 75 degrees. Perfect weather. I hope and pray that spring has finally arrived. And, there were big beds of yellow and purple flowers. Lots of flowers. “The flowers appear on the earth,” the…
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Nature’s blessings
A fresh new bloom, a singing bird— All nature’s blessings, seen and heard! –Samantha Meyers
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Hope and love
With these words, Pete Seeger sang of hope and love. Oh, had I a golden thread And a needle so fineI would weave a magic spellOf rainbow design… In it, I would weave the courage Of women giving birth And in it I would weave the innocenceOf the children of all the earthChildren of all…
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A walk in nature
I love my walks in my neighborhood in Dallas, but I love even more walks in New Mexico. And, I’m in New Mexico visiting my brother—and we are taking walks! As John Muir once said, “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” Or, she seeks, of course! –Joy
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Prudence?
Molly Ivins sometimes—often—was outrageous, but she always spoke the truth. “I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years,” she once said. I recently watched a PBS documentary about Molly Ivins, the sometimes outrageous journalist.
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The source of evil
“I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil,” Molly Ivins once said. “And that no one knows the truth.” I recently watched a PBS documentary about Molly Ivins, the sometimes outrageous journalist. –Joy
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Keep fighting–and have fun
Keep on fighting even if you don’t win. That’s advice from Molly Ivins. “The thing is this: You got to have fun while you’re fightin’ for freedom, ’cause you don’t always win,” Ivins once said. I recently watched a PBS documentary about Molly Ivins, the sometimes outrageous journalist. –Joy