The Resolute Woman

Category: change

  • A little bit of change

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    “I do not like the world as it is; so, I am trying to make it a little more as I want it,” Helen Keller once said. We watched a PBS special about Helen Keller last week—and learned that she was brilliant and she accomplished so much. But, she was not perfect. She was complicated.…

  • Sustained rage

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    One of my favorite quotes from journalist Molly Ivins is this: “What you need is sustained outrage.” She also said, “You can’t ignore politics no matter how much you’d like to.” Dave Lieber included both of these quotes in his column in the October 17, 2021, issue of The Dallas Morning News. –Joy

  • Immense opportunities

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    This country faces immense peril, says Congressman Colin Allred, my representative in Washington. But, we also have immense opportunities to work for change, he stresses, urging us to take action and reminding us of a quote from President Obama: “Democracy is not a spectator sport.” –Joy

  • Speak up!

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    What can we do? Jane Goodall believes there is hope. But, we all must take action—and speak up! Malala Yousafzal says, “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”

  • Hope or disaster?

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    If the earth continues on it current warming trajectory, the average six-year-old will experience three times as many climate disasters as their grandparents. A new study predicts these children will see twice as many wildfires, more than three times more river floods and 36 times the number of heat waves as someone born in 1960.…

  • Just start in and sing

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    When Jane Goodall reads a poem by Edgar Albert Guest to a reporter from Time magazine, she recites with “the joyful, kindly spirit of a grandmother speaking to a child.” “Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing that ‘cannot be done,’ and you’ll do it,” Goodall says. Goodall is featured on the…

  • Hope is necessary

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    Jane Goodall says that hope is necessary for the survival of humanity. “If you don’t hope that your actions can make a difference, then you sink into apathy,” she stresses. Goodall is featured on the cover of the October 11/October 18 issue of Time magazine. Inside is an article about her new book The Book…

  • Habits?!

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    I heard an interview with the author Anthony Dorr recently, and he referred to an old saying that is worth repeating. “Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.” –Joy

  • Take a stand

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    “I think we’ve got to take a stand and fight,” Cecile Richards says. “We have to organize. No one’s coming to save us.” Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood Federation of America president, spoke September 22 at the annual Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas awards ceremony.

  • The end of Roe vs. Wade?

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    Roe vs. Wade has essentially been eliminated in Texas, Cecile Richards says. Richards hopes the U.S. Supreme Court justices will take their responsibilities seriously. “I hope that this court understands their responsibility not to their own personal, religious or political views, but to the good of the people of this country,” she stresses. Cecile Richards,…