The Resolute Woman

Category: goals

  • When I’m 105

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    Elizabeth Sullivan, who is 105 years old, threw the first pitch at a Texas Rangers’ game on April 6. This Resolute Woman practiced throwing the ball overhand for a month before the game. “I was throwing underhand because that’s the way girls did when I was in school,” Sullivan told The Dallas Morning News. When…

  • Advice from the Buddhists

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    I’m trying to achieve more balance in my life and striving for a better perspective. That’s why I like this advice from the Buddhists: “Act as the future of the universe depends on what you do while laughing at yourself for thinking that your actions make a difference.” I found that quote in an article…

  • 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

  • Mediocre at housekeeping

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    Inspiration can come from a variety of sources. I found this quote while browsing at Barnes & Nobles: “I don’t want to brag, but I’m pretty mediocre at housekeeping.” That inspiration about what’s most important comes from Anne Taintor’s 2016 engagement calendar. –Joy

  • A resolution to have fun

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    We asked the preschool children in our Sunday School class if they had made any “goals” for the new year. The first three to raise their hands announced these resolutions: To ride a pony. To carve pumpkins. To play more video games. I was amused at first. Not a single child made a resolution to…

  • Good luck

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    Lucky people recognize chances, and they maximize them, says Dr. Richard Wiseman, professor of public understanding of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom and author of The Luck Factor. Unlucky people tend to be more anxious, which reduces the ability to notice the unexpected. Lucky people, Wiseman says, “see what is…

  • The silence within yourself

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    “Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose,” Elizabeth Kubler-Ross once said.

  • The things that matter most

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    Goethe once said, “The things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.”

  • 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…

  • Beware of security

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    “Beware of security as a goal,” William Zinsser told graduates of Wesleyan University in 1988. “It may often look like life’s best prize. Usually it’s not.” Zinsser, the author of On Writing Well, died earlier this year.