The Resolute Woman

Category: wisdom

  • The cure for boredom

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    My daughter, Mary Elizabeth, and I were standing in line at the Southwest counter in Seattle when I noticed this quote on a woman’s tote bag. “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is not a cure for curiosity.” I checked online, and the quote can be attributed to Dorothy Parker or Ellen Parr. –Joy

  • Quotes to change your life?

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    I was leaving the Barnes & Nobles store in a hurry so that I wouldn’t be late to meet a friend when I noticed a book called Quotes That Will Change Your Life by Russ Kick. I paused just a moment and read the title again. Then, I rushed out of the store. Of course,…

  • Life is startling

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    I love quotes, and I especially love finding a quote—a bit of wisdom—that seems written just for me. Here’s one I found recently while browsing at Barnes & Nobles. “To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else,” Emily Dickinson once said. –Joy

  • What always changes?

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    All things pass, A sunrise does not last all morning. All things pass, A cloud-burst does not last all day. All things pass, Nor a sunset all night. What always changes? Earth, sky, thunder, mountain, water, Wind, fire, lake. These change…. Take things as they come. All things pass. I recently heard the Children’s Chorus…

  • Exercise your brain

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    When I take my morning walk, I’m improving my body and my brain. That’s the fascinating conclusion of Dr. John J. Ratey in his book Spark—The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. Exercise improves learning on three levels, Dr. Ratey says. “First, it optimizes your mind-set to improve alertness, attention and motivation. Second,…

  • Think first

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    Inspiration can come from a variety of sources. I found this quote at my local elementary school, where I mentor a student. A poster says, “Before you speak, think: Is it true? Helpful? Inspiring? Necessary? Kind? And, of course, the words—true, helpful, inspiring, necessary and kind—spell THINK. –Joy

  • More wisdom from Cheryl Strayed

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    “This is not the moment to wilt into the underbrush of your insecurities,” says Cheryl Strayed in her new book Brave Enough. “You’ve earned the right to grow.”

  • The silence within yourself

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    “Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose,” Elizabeth Kubler-Ross once said.

  • A Thousand Lives

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    Some good friends gave me a Spiritile—a magnificent tile made of copper, glass and wood. Mine glimmers with a picture of a stack of colorful books. Along the side of the books is this quote: “A reader lives a thousand lives.”—George R.R. Martin –Joy

  • Warm or Competent?

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    Age may have some advantages, wrote Liza Mundy in an article in the Sunday, July 5, 2015, issue of The Dallas Morning News. Feminist scholars have found that women seen as displaying traditionally feminine traits are viewed as warm but not competent. However, women who deviate from traditional femininity—like working women—are seen as competent but…