We all need to struggle for a world where we are all free of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, gun violence, poverty, inequality, hatred and every single form of oppression, says Lisa Congdon in her book You Will Leave a Trail of Stars. “We are not free until everyone is free,” Congdon concludes.
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Be tenacious
by resolutewoman on April 28, 2022 in courage, hope, resolute-women, Uncategorized
Don’t give up! “We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves,” Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize winning physicist and chemist, once said.
We can go forward again
by resolutewoman on April 26, 2022 in change, hope, Uncategorized
The world seems dreary. It is easy to feel despair. However, the author Margaret Atwood advises us to hang onto hope. Atwood likes to point out that the world has seen worse pandemics and worse political turmoil. “People wring their hands in despair when we have things happen that we consider going backward,” she says. […]
Has spring finally arrived?
by resolutewoman on April 21, 2022 in beauty, happiness, hope
For the first time this year, I visited the Dallas Arboretum and wore a shirt with short sleeves! No jacket. It was 75 degrees. Perfect weather. I hope and pray that spring has finally arrived. And, there were big beds of yellow and purple flowers. Lots of flowers. “The flowers appear on the earth,” the […]
Hope and love
by resolutewoman on April 16, 2022 in hope, love, Uncategorized
With these words, Pete Seeger sang of hope and love. Oh, had I a golden thread And a needle so fineI would weave a magic spellOf rainbow design… In it, I would weave the courage Of women giving birth And in it I would weave the innocenceOf the children of all the earthChildren of all […]
A walk in nature
by resolutewoman on April 14, 2022 in adventures, beauty, families, hope, Uncategorized
I love my walks in my neighborhood in Dallas, but I love even more walks in New Mexico. And, I’m in New Mexico visiting my brother—and we are taking walks! As John Muir once said, “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” Or, she seeks, of course! –Joy
A harbinger of hope
by resolutewoman on March 26, 2022 in change, hope, resolute-women
Senator Cory Booker brought tears to the eyes of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on March 24, 2022. “It’s hard for me not to look at you and not see my mom. Not to see my cousins,” he said. Throughout his monologue, Booker cited the Black men and women who had helped pave a […]
The Way of Peace
by resolutewoman on March 15, 2022 in change, hope, peace
The scenes on the TV screen from Ukraine are disturbing, haunting. What can I do? I found a book called The Way of Peace—Readings for a Harmonious Life compiled by editors Michael Leach, Doris Goodnough and Maria Angelini. It does not offer simple answers to complex problems, but there are glimpses of solutions for finding […]
Be a rainbow
by resolutewoman on March 1, 2022 in advice, happiness, hope
We all have had too many cloudy days recently. I have always loved this quote from Maya Angelou, and I am going to take Maya’s advice and be a rainbow today. “Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud,” Maya Angelou once said. –Joy
Chaos or community?
by resolutewoman on January 29, 2022 in change, hope
“Where do we go from here? Chaos or community?” Martin Luther King once said. “Is this the darkness of the tomb or the darkness of the womb?” Valarie Kaur, founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, once said. I pick community and the light of new life—not chaos and darkness. I read both of these quotes […]
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