The Resolute Woman

Category: advice

  • Be still and still moving

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    Fayteen had her birthday in July, and my birthday was this month. On my birthday, I spent most of the day feeling older and then decided that I had better things to do. I was comforted by T.S. Eliot, and I will forgive him for offering his advice to “old men.” As we grow older,…

  • “There’s nothing like humor”

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    Jean Stapleton, who died on May 31, 2013, once said, “There’s nothing like humor to burst what seems to be an enormous problem.” We found this quote in the June 17, 2013, issue of Time magazine. Stapleton worked for half a century in theater, television and movies, but her most memorable role was a “housewife…

  • Find your own voice

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    “Your own voice is one that seeks a personal truth, one that only you can obtain,” says Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club. “The truth comes from your own experience, your own observations, and, when you find it, if it really is true and specific to you, you may be surprised that others…

  • Beyond the Possible

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    You’ve probably never heard of Cecil Williams and his wife Janice Mirikitani. I hadn’t until my friend Kerry gave me their book Beyond the Possible. Williams, one of five black students who integrated Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas during the 1950s, became the pastor at Glide Memorial Methodist Church in…

  • Advice from Gloria

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    My favorite character in Colum McCann’s book Let the Great World Spin is Gloria, who perseveres after her three sons die in Vietnam. Gloria says: “Some people think love is the end of the road, and if you’re lucky enough to find it, you stay there. Other people say it just becomes a cliff you…

  • Wisdom from Mother Teresa

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    I was looking online for my favorite Mother Teresa quote when I found not only the one I was searching for, but also more worth repeating. Here are my favorite and three more. Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. Peace begins with a smile.…

  • Advice from the trees

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    Trees are splendid symbols of hope and growth and strength. “Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.”—Chinese proverb “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.”—Chinese proverb “I’m planting a tree to teach me to gather strength from my…

  • Don’t die until your dead

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    Actor Dustin Hoffman, who’s 75, just directed a movie for the first time. AARP The Magazine in its February/March 2013 issue reports that Hoffman asked Bill Connolly, one of the stars in Quartet, “What’s the movie about?” “Don’t die until you’re dead,” Connolly replied.

  • Use your talents

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    “Use the talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang the very best,” said Henry Van Dyke. I found this delightful quote in an e-mail newsletter from one  of my favorite restaurants for lunch—the Chocolate Angel Café & Tea Room. It reminds me of an article…

  • One thing at a time, please

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    Do one thing at a time and focus, advises Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, author of a new book Make Your Brain Smarter: Increase Your Brain’s Creativity, Energy and Focus. Dr. Chapman is the founder and chief director of the Center for Brain Health at the University of Texas at Dallas. Don’t multitask. Instead, practice the…