The Resolute Woman

Category: stress

  • I shall have some peace

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    When I feel stressed, I often find peace during a walk outside—or just standing under a tree for a few minutes and listening to the sounds of the birds and the wind. That’s why I like these lines from William Butler Yeats’ poem “The Lake of Innisfree.” ….And I shall have some peace there, for…

  • Don’t be defeated

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    Here’s a great quote from Maya Angelou. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” I found the quote in an email…

  • Just do it

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    Since my fall when I shattered my femur, I get tired at night. I feel pretty good and have a good attitude during the day, but, at night, I sometimes get tired and discouraged. That’s when I tell my husband, Jerry: “I do not want to get up tomorrow and do all those exercises prescribed…

  • Have a good attitude

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    A friend told me that she is impressed with my good attitude. “I do have a good attitude—most of the time,” I told her. And I do. Sometimes, after dinner, I get tired and a little—or a lot—cranky. Sometimes I do feel frustrated that I am stuck in a wheelchair with my left leg and…

  • You can’t control everything

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    I prefer to be organized, in control. That tendency can be a great strength. It also can be a weakness. For me, spending weeks in a wheelchair or moving with a walker because of my broken leg has been a good reminder that I can’t control everything. Even laundry. “Please don’t put my bras in…

  • Bad things happen

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    If you wondered why I didn’t post anything new on my blog for weeks at the of March and the beginning of April, it’s because sometimes bad things happen to all of us. One sunny morning at the end of March, my dog, Ginger and I were taking our daily walk. All of a sudden,…

  • Lighter as We Go

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    Research studies indicate that older people generally are happier than younger people, writes David Brooks in a column in the December 9, 2014, issue of The Dallas Morning News. As you grow older, you learn that most setbacks are not the end of the world and that anxiety is the biggest waste in life. Brooks…

  • Listening can be more helpful

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    Ranna, Fayteen’s daughter, still has major health problems. My brother-in-law continues to get weaker, so weak that he can’t walk by himself. A neighbor’s father died suddenly. What do you say? Listening is often more helpful than talking, advises Susan Silke, a clinical psychologist, and Barry Goldman, an arbitrator and mediator, in the April 14,…

  • The Pursuit of Less

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    You can’t do everything. We know that’s true, but sometimes we need a reminder. Greg McKeown does a good job of reminding us about the truth in his new book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. “The message is to point out the madness of nonessentialism, or, as I sometimes call it, the madness of…

  • A friend who listens

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    One day recently, the week before my daughter Ranna had surgery, I was feeling stressful. I had promised Ranna that I would go with her to a doctor’s appointment. I was trying to get caught up with everything so that I could take care of Ranna while she recuperated from surgery. And, I was supposed…