The Resolute Woman

Category: change

  • Thinking is easy

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    Whatever you can do, Goethe said, begin it. Action is powerful—but often it’s not easy to act, Goethe admitted. He once said: “Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.”

  • Happy spring!

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    Spring is arriving this weekend—with the promise of warmer weather and lots of flowers. The poet Charles Anthony Silvestri wrote: Flowers bloom with showers falling, All the world reveals its yearning; Nature sings—I hear her calling; Round and round the seasons turning. I recently heard the Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas Women’s Youth Chorus sing…

  • “I would never again”

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    “It was May, then, June, and I remember how I would stand and look out the window at the sidewalk below and watch the young women—my age—in their spring clothes, out on their lunch breaks; I could see their heads moving in conversation, their blouses rippling in the breeze,” says Lucy Barton in Elizabeth Strout’s…

  • Play the long game

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    I wish I could lose the six pounds I gained between Thanksgiving and Christmas immediately. But it’s never that easy. You’ll never lose a pound a day, but you’ll win if you play the long game, says Rebecca Scritchfield, a registered dietician. “Think balanced nutrition, adequate sleep—seven to nine hours—and exercise.” Scritchfield was quoted in…

  • The remedy for your problems?

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    Here’s another quote from Jean Nidetch, the founder of Weight Watchers. It’s just what I needed to read after the holidays when I’m trying to lose the six pounds I gained in between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. Nidetch says: “Food is not your remedy for problems. Food is not going to change your life…. If…

  • Choice, not chance

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    Inspiration can come from a variety of sources. I found this quote during my monthly visit to Weight Watchers: “It’s choice, not chance that determines your destiny,” says Jean Nidetch, Weight Watchers’ founder. –Joy

  • The Golden Age of Advice

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    Today, there aren’t as many rules, writes Lily Rothman in the November 2, 2015, issue of Time. This country is diverse, and social norms are constantly being challenged and redefined. “This is overwhelmingly a good thing,” Rothman concludes. But sometimes it’s difficult to figure out what to do. That’s why we have an abundance of…

  • Leathery old scales

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    Dulcie doesn’t want to go on a trip. “Oh, but I couldn’t possibly!” she says. “I don’t travel any more, you know. I haven’t had my hair done.” But Anna insists that she should, and Dulcie has a “wonderful” time. “You have taken the leathery old scales from my eyes,” Dulcie says. I am going…

  • Bookworms?

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    Fayteen and I both are bookworms. At least, we considered ourselves to be bookworms until we read this quote and thought about all of the books that have made a difference in our lives. “People who love reading are often called bookworms, but that’s the wrong way around. It’s not you who worm into a…

  • No pat solutions

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    Fayteen and I agree that there are no simple solutions to life’s complex problems. There are solutions. But, generally, finding them requires time and work. That’s why we like Jessica Lamb-Shapiro’s book Promise Land—My Journey Through America’s Self-Help Culture. Lamb-Shapiro observes: “No pat solutions can resolve, or even address, the complex challenges of life. “Self-help…