Author: resolutewoman
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Stand out
In his book On Tyranny, Timothy Snyder lists “Stand out” as one of his 20 lessons from the 20th century. “Someone has to,” he explains. “It is easy to follow. It can feel strange to do or say something different. But, without that unease, there is no freedom. Remember Rosa Parks. The moment you set…
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The truth
“To abandon facts is to abandon freedom,” says Timothy Snyder, a Yale historian and the author of On Tyranny. “If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding…
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Tell the truth
To abandon facts is to abandon freedom,” says Timothy Snyder, a Yale historian and the author of the book On Tyranny. “If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the…
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When love is the way
The world needs a lot less pandemic and a lot more love. “When love is the way, poverty would become history,” says Episcopal Bishop Michael Curry. “When love is the way, the earth will be a sanctuary. When love is the way, we will lay our swords and shields down by the riverside to study…
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Read a poem
“To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June,” Sartre once said. And, it’s is lovely, too, to go for a walk in January. And, it is lovely, too, to read a poem in June.
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Unless someone cares a lot
When my children were teenagers, they sometimes replied, “I don’t care.” “It’s important to care,” I would tell them. That’s why I like this quote—which I found on a blue sticker packaged with several presents from my son, Jay, and his wife, Rachel. (They know I like quotes!) The Lorax said, “Unless someone like you…
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A new year of surprises
May your new year be filled with happy surprises. As Thoreau once said, “Each new year is a surprise to us.”
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May your hope have feathers
May there be hope perching in your soul! May your hope have feathers so that it can be your companion during the next year. As Emily Dickinson said, “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.”
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Where hope lies
“The hope of the world lies in what one demands, not of others, but of oneself,” James Baldwin once said.
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After Christmas
Christmas is over. I am wearing a new sweater, and, despite all the chocolate and pie and mashed potatoes I ate, I can still squeeze into my jeans. And, despite the pandemic, there was love and hope and peace on Christmas day. May that love and hope and peace linger with all of us into…