The Resolute Woman

Category: happiness

  • Read a poem

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    “To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June,” Sartre once said. And, it’s is lovely, too, to go for a walk in January. And, it is lovely, too, to read a poem in June.

  • Christmas flowers

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    We have a vase of red and white flowers on the kitchen table, and a lovely poinsettia in the entry hall. Flowers are lovely any time of the year, especially at Christmas and especially poinsettias. “Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful. They are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul,” Luther Burbank…

  • Be happy and thankful

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life,” Omar Khayyam once said.

  • Enlarge your world

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    I just visited Washington, D.C., with Bob Woodward when I read Rage, and, before that trip, I visited the forests of California with Robert Powers when I read The Overstory. I am thankful for books during this pandemic! “There are many little ways to enlarge your world. Love of books is the best of all,” Jacqueline…

  • Flowers in the morning

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    I still enjoy my early morning walks, and I am leaving my house even earlier now that it’s warmer in Dallas. It is good to be outside and see the flowers and the trees and the sky. As Van Gogh said, “If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” –Joy ”

  • Notice the beauty

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    Now is a good time to notice all of the beauty around you. The trees and flowers, the blue sky, the moon and stars at night. As the artist Nam June Paik once said, “Open your window and count the stars.”

  • Be happy

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    Be as happy as you can today. Do something that makes you happy. Eat a cookie, go for a walk, make a phone call to someone you love. And, remember all the happy days that you have had. And, keep in mind that there will be many more happy days in the future. –Joy

  • Remember

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    Remember when you could go  to the grocery store if you decided suddenly you needed more lettuce or you could go out to eat if you didn’t feel like cooking dinner or you could call a friend and invite her to lunch. Remember. Someday we will be able to do those things again. But, now…

  • A gloomy day

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , , ,

    I woke up Sunday feeling gloomy. The gloom surrounded me as I faced another day of stay-in-place during this coronavirus crisis. The gloom lingered until I took my afternoon walk and saw a friendly neighbor and some spring flowers starting to bloom. “Where flowers bloom so does hope,” Lady Bird Johnson once said. –Joy

  • Call a friend

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    Fayteen, her daughter Ranna and I had lunch last week, and we agreed to have lunch again—soon, we hope—as soon as the dangers from the coronavirus have disappeared. We promised to keep in touch with text messages, email messages and phone calls. This is a good time to talk to friends on the phone. I…