The Resolute Woman

Category: thankfulness

  • Wine for the soul

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    “Gratitude is wine for the soul,” said Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet. “The emotion of gratitude has so much energy that people get uplifted when we express it. Gratitude gets us drunk with a different texture of love that makes us realize the beauty and marvel of life.”

  • Three gifts

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    “Life is the first gift, love is the second and understanding the third,” wrote poet Marge Piercy.

  • A new day

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    I am going to remember to be thankful during this holiday season. I will be thankful for each new day. As Maya Angelou once said, “This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen it before.” –Joy

  • Happy Thanksgiving

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    Even if it rains and some of my relatives are grumpy and the dressing is overcooked, I am going to have a happy day. I’ll remember to be grateful. As someone once said, “Be present in all things and thankful for all things.” –Joy

  • Devout thanksgiving

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    I usually spend thanksgiving with my family, and I am truly thankful for my husband and children. This year, I also am remembering how thankful I am for my friends. “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends,” Emerson once wrote. –Joy

  • No thank yous

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    I am not surprised, but I am still appalled. I am helping create “graduation boxes” filled with things like a soap dish and shower shoes and a first-aid kit for high school seniors at Trinity River Mission, which serves mostly Hispanics in West Dallas. Volunteers and staff at TRM have provided tutoring for these students…

  • The cherry on the top

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    Marcus Borg wrote his book Convictions after his 70th birthday. “At 70, I primarily feel gratitude,” he wrote in the first chapter. “Each extra day feels like lagniappe, a Cajun French word that means ‘something extra’—like the cherry on top of the whipped cream on top of the hot fudge on top of the ice…

  • What I don’t need

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    “How many things there are which I do not need!” Socrates once said. That’s a good quote for me to remember when I am buying presents for my family and friends. There are many things that I really don’t need—and many things that my friends and family really don’t need. I found Socrate’s seasonal advice…

  • A garden without flowers

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    Our friends Mark and Eva, who now live in Washington state, came to visit, and we ate hamburgers cooked outside on the grill and Greek potato salad that I made with a new recipe. Then, our friends Ken and Gail came over, and the six of us shared conversation and chocolate cake. The next day,…

  • Some exciting news

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    Lily’s eyes were bright when she announced that she had some exciting news. With a round, angelic face and two pony tails on the top of her head, Lily is one of the children in the four-year-old Sunday School class I teach. “What is your exciting news?” I asked. “I went to the opera with…