The Resolute Woman

Category: happiness

  • A Rabbit Day

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    I am busy! I made a pecan pie yesterday. I am decorating the house for Christmas today. Tonight, I am going to dinner at a restaurant that features Elizabethan carolers singing while they stroll from table to table. I am getting excited about Christmas. I think it’s a Rabbit Day—as described by M.H. Clark in…

  • Be bored

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    I hope you have many peaceful, pleasant moments during the holidays—and maybe even a few moments when you are bored?! Kyle Steed is a Dallas artist and the author of A Kid’s Book About Boredom. He thinks we all would profit from a little boredom. “I think we could all benefit from times of—call it…

  • Be happier

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    I am making a promise to myself to be happier and more thankful and more peaceful during this holiday season. F. Scott Fitzgerald once reminded us, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” –Joy

  • Be thankful

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    I am thankful for pecan pie and mashed potatoes—and, most of all, I’m thankful that my daughter and her husband will be here for Thanksgiving—and my daughter and son and both of their spouses will be here for Christmas. As Shakespeare said, “O, Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.”…

  • Be merry and mellow!

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    This is one of my favorite autumn poems. I think I have posted it before! Sing apples and peaches and pears! Singe orange and scarlet and yellow! Sing green turned to glory To tell us the story That autumn is merry and mellow! –Elizabeth Rooney

  • Moments of bliss

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    The leaves on one of the trees in my front yard are turning red. I am reminded of a quote from Emily Bronte: “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.” I wish you many moments of bliss during the coming holiday season. –Joy

  • Don’t worry

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    My friend says that we should live for today—and not worry too much about tomorrow. Live in the moment. As Charles Schulz said, “Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.” –Joy

  • Good medicine

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    I was feeling—as my mother would say—down in the dumps. The delta variant. The new abortion law in Texas—and the new Texas voting laws and gun laws. And, my husband’s ill health. However, I found good medicine. I talked to two good friends on the phone, and then I had lunch the next day with…

  • All shall be well

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    My book club just read Sue Monk Kidd’s book The Book of Longings, and this is my favorite quote from the book. “When I tell you all shall be well, I don’t mean that life won’t bring you tragedy. Life will be life. I mean only you will be well in spite of it. All…

  • The light

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    “Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light,” Theodore Roethke once said. It’s the end of June, and I look for bright flowers when I take my early morning walk. I always fill better—stronger—after my walk—especially in the summer when the morning air is still fresh and cool—and I know the heavy heat will…