The Resolute Woman

Author: resolutewoman

  • Hope and history

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    Bill Holston is hopeful, he wrote in the December 4, 2019, issue of the Dallas Morning News. Holston quotes an Irish poet. “History says don’t hope on this side of the grave, but once in a lifetime the longed sea of change of justice can rise up and hope and history rhyme,” Seamus Heaney once…

  • Hope and joy

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    Bill Holston says that he is hopeful. Holston is hopeful in the same sense as Vaclav Havel, he wrote in the December 4, 2019, issue of the Dallas Morning News. “Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that…

  • Remember the stars

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    It’s December! Don’t get so busy that you forget to be thankful for the simple things. “Open the window and count the stars,” Nam June Paik once said.

  • The good in any situation

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    Someone asked Tim Lybarger, the founder of the Neighborhood Archive fan-appreciation website, what Mr. Rogers would think about the situation in our country today. “I think he would be saddened but hopeful,” Lybarger answered in an article in the November 17, 2019, issue of the Dallas Morning News. “Fred was magnificent at finding the good…

  • An awareness and a feeling

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    May you feel grateful today—so grateful that you feel grateful in your ribs! I am going to remember to stop rushing around, stop being busy with my holiday activities for a few minutes. I am going to remember to be aware that I am grateful. “Gratitude is both a feeling and an awareness,” wrote Marcus…

  • Getting ready to be thankful

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    We have been working extra hard to get ready for Thanksgiving this year. We have been doing our best to make our house look presentable because our son Jay is bringing home his good friend Rachel for the holiday. We even bought a new garbage can because our old garbage no longer opened automatically when…

  • A morning walk

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    It can be chilly in the morning now when I go for my morning walk—but I’m prepared. If needed, I put on two pairs of gloves and two pairs of socks. Long underwear underneath my walking pants. And lots of layers under my coat. If it’s really cold, I wear a short-sleeve t-shirt, a long-sleeve…

  • A lunch with friends

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    Just back from a trip and getting ready for company, I hurried to lunch with two friends, friends I have know for years. For decades. We ate and talked. Three friends who care about each other and are interested in what’s happening in each other’s lives. The world is a mess. The news is depressing.…

  • Too many books!

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    I attended the Texas Book Festival in Austin last month. More than 300 authors attended the festival. I haven’t heard a count of how many people listened to the authors, but last year 50,000 people were there. I heard John Grisham, Malcolm Gladwell and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speak—and a few more authors, too.…

  • A decision to be happy

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    What’s happening to our country? The world is a mess. The news is depressing. I have decided to think about all the good things in my life. A perfect day in the park with my son Jay and his friend Rachel. Books—lots of books. A lovely lunch with friends. And more! I agree with Voltaire,…