The Resolute Woman

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  • The Shawnee’s Golden Rule

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    “Do not kill or injure your neighbor, for it is not he or she that you injure. You injure yourself.” This is the Shawnee Tribe’s Golden Rule. The Golden Rule “means this: Treat people the way you would like to be treated. It’s golden because it’s so valuable—and a way of living your life that’s…

  • Buddhism’s Golden Rule

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    “Do not do to others what would hurt you.” This is Buddhism’s Golden Rule. The Golden Rule “means this: Treat people the way you would like to be treated. It’s golden because it’s so valuable—and a way of living your life that’s so simple, it shines,” says the grandfather in Ilene Cooper’s children’s book The…

  • Hinduism’s Golden Rule

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    “This is the sum of duty: to do nothing to others which would cause them pain.” This is Hinduism’s Golden Rule. The Golden Rule “means this: Treat people the way you would like to be treated. It’s golden because it’s so valuable—and a way of living your life that’s so simple, it shines,” says the…

  • Islam’s Golden Rule

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    “Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you.” That’s Islam’s Golden Rule. The Golden Rule “means this: Treat people the way you would like to be treated. It’s golden because it’s so valuable—and a way of living your life that’s so simple, it shines,” says the grandfather in Ilene Cooper’s children’s book The…

  • A valuable rule

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    Judaism says: “What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow humans.” The Golden Rule “means this: Treat people the way you would like to be treated. It’s golden because it’s so valuable—and a way of living your life that’s so simple, it shines,” says the grandfather in Ilene Cooper’s children’s book The…

  • Living two lives

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    Sylvie, a character in Ann Napolitano’s book Oh Beautiful, realizes that she has been “compartmentalizing herself for a long time.” She was keeping secrets, living one life with some people and another life with William, being one person sometimes and another person at other times. Who was she? What did she want? I have compartmentalized.…

  • Allow all ideas

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    “If you are an American, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely in your community, not merely your own,” the author Kurt Vonnegut once said.

  • What you pretend

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    “We are what we pretend to be,” the author Kurt Vonnegut once said. “So, we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

  • When should you be angry?

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    I mentioned that I’m angry and distraught that we have to make major repairs to our home’s foundation and plumbing. The news was shocking, but I am absorbing it—and remembering something my mother said often. “You can tell the size of a person by what makes that person angry.” Yes, the news was terrible. But,…

  • Throw away your anger

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    I am angry and distraught that our house needs extensive foundation and plumbing repairs. Yikes! That’s why something I read in the April 26, 2024 issue of The Week was helpful. Write down your angry feelings and then immediately throw the paper away. You’ll feel much better, a Japanese study reports. –Joy