The Resolute Woman

Category: change

  • The truth

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    As Cervantes writes in Don Quixote, “The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks. It always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.” We hope what Cervantes says is true today in the age of splintered media. I visited the Cervantes Museum in Guanajuato, Mexico, recently and was inspired to read Don…

  • The Right Fight

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    Eddie Bernice Johnson “taught me that the fight for good is rarely easy, but it is always right,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in his eulogy for Eddie Bernice Johnson. Eddie Bernice Johnson overcame many of the obstacles faced by women and by Black women to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives from…

  • Women’s business

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    “All issues are women’s business, and there are several that are just women’s issues,” Eddie Bernice Johnson once said. Johnson, who died recently, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2023. She was the first registered nurse to serve in Congress. –Joy

  • New Year’s Resolutions?

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    I haven’t made my New Year’s Resolutions yet. I am thinking about them, but I am procrastinating. I found an interesting quote that I am pondering. It’s by anonymous. “Every year you make a resolution to change yourself. This year, make a resolution to be yourself.” –Joy

  • It’s autumn!

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    I am ready. I have been waiting for cooler days and colorful trees, but I am not ready for Christmas decorations—not yet! However, they are appearing—already—in my neighborhood. Let’s pause for a week or so and enjoy autumn and Thanksgiving before we jump into the Christmas season. –Joy

  • My colorful tree

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    Today when I turned the corner onto my street after my morning walk, I noticed a tall, beautiful tree with leaves that are turning red. Then, I realized that the tree is our tree—in our front yard! I was delighted. “At some point in life, the world’s beauty becomes enough,” Toni Morrison once said. “You…

  • November spins

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    Margaret Rose once wrote: November is a spinner Spinning in the mist, Weaving such a lovely web Of gold and amethyst.

  • Autumn leaves

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    It’s still 80 degrees in Dallas on November 7, 2023, but I have seen a few autumn leaves. “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree,” Emily Bronte once said. –Joy

  • Peaceful and vengeful

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    A native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about his feelings. He said, “I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is vengeful, angry and violent. The other wolf is peaceful, loving and compassionate. I found this short story in the book The Way of Peace–Readings for a…

  • Washington’s wish for peace

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    “My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,” George Washington once said.