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Read more: How are the women treated?The best of you are those who are best to the women,” the Prophet Muhammad said. I found this quote in Manal Al-Sharif’s book Daring…
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Read more: Don’t be afraid“Don’t be afraid,” says Naguib Mahfouz. “Fear won’t prevent death; it prevents life.” I found this quote in Manal Al-Sharif’s book Daring to Drive. –Joy
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Read more: Keep swimming–and keep singingMy friend whose husband has brain cancer visited me. What can we do when something bad happens? Sometimes you can take action to find a…
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Read more: The heart’s a deep wellSquander it all! Hold nothing back. The heart’s a deep well. And when it’s empty, It will fill again. These are words from How Beautiful…
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Read more: Joy and sorrowLots of sorrow and a little joy. Lots of joy and only a bit Of sorrow. Who can know The formula beforehand? These are…
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Read more: Poems from a friendFriends who give you a book are some of the best kinds of friends—especially when it is a book you never would have read if…
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Read more: 300 years to equality?The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, in a report issued in March 2023, warns that progress won over decades is vanishing because…
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Read more: Lunch with a friendI had lunch with a friend—a friend I hadn’t had lunch with since before the pandemic. The lunch was a reminder that it’s wonderful to…
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Read more: Friends and happinessMy friends make me happy. “I count myself in nothing else so happy/ As in a soul remembering my good friends,” Shakespeare once said. –Joy
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Read more: Love is all aroundI helped with a Girl Scout day-of-service on March 4, 2023. Before the Girl Scouts left to help senior citizens, pick up trash in a…