The Resolute Woman

Category: happiness

  • Everything is going to be amazing

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    I’m feeling the holidays-are-over, I’m-having-a-difficult-time-sticking-to-my-resolutions blues. However, I did find a bit of inspiration when I was shopping for greeting cards at Barnes & Nobles. Both of these quotes are from Quotable Cards. “Find joy in each day.” –Saint Philip Neri “Don’t worry. Everything is going to be amazing.” –unknown –Joy

  • The best day of the year

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    I’m feeling a little too full, a little tired, a little depressed after Christmas is over. But I’m keeping in mind a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson. “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” –Joy

  • In praise of October

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    I ate corny dogs at the State Fair of Texas, the biggest and the best state fair, and recently I enjoyed a piece of my friend Susie’s apple pie. The air is crisper and cooler when I begin my morning walk, and I noticed yellow leaves under the trees in my front yard. “I’m so…

  • A hummingbird moth?

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    My daughter, Mary Elizabeth, thought she saw a tiny hummingbird feeding on purple flowers. She followed it as it fluttered around Blue Spring near Eureka Springs, where we were vacationing recently, trying to take a photograph. She walked slowly and quietly as she pursued the tiny creature—until she saw a dark snake suddenly slide across…

  • A walk with nature

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    My family and I just returned from Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where we stayed in a cabin on a hill in the Ozark Mountains. One morning, my daughter and I walked from our cabin to Blue Spring. It’s a round spring of very cold water that native American Indians believe has healing powers. Native Americans lived…

  • Taste the day

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    Quintus Horatius Flaccus, better known simply as Horace, lived from 65 to 8 B.C. He’s the poet who gets credit for the phrase “carpe diem.” Although the phrase generally is translated as “seize the day,” Harry Eyres, in his new book Horace and Me, translates the words as “taste the day.” As a writer in…

  • “There’s nothing like humor”

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    Jean Stapleton, who died on May 31, 2013, once said, “There’s nothing like humor to burst what seems to be an enormous problem.” We found this quote in the June 17, 2013, issue of Time magazine. Stapleton worked for half a century in theater, television and movies, but her most memorable role was a “housewife…

  • The pursuit of happiness

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    When Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues signed the Declaration of Independence and declared that we have a fundamental right to “the pursuit of happiness,” they were not thinking about “yellow smiley faces, self-esteem or even feelings,” says Jon Meacham, writing in the July 8-15 issue of Time magazine. Instead, they were thinking about the “good…

  • Pessimists live longer

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    Older people who are pessimists tend to live longer than optimists, according to researchers in Germany and Switzerland. When I heard about the research one morning on National Public Radio, I was curious to find out more. “It is possible that a pessimistic outlook leads elderly people to look after themselves and their health better…

  • “Continuous small treats”

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    On Thanksgiving Day, we need to be thankful for all of our blessings. Big blessings like family and friends and plenty of food to eat. We need to remember little blessings, too. Small blessings like waking up with a hug from your husband, walking your dog before the busy part of the day begins and…