Thanksgiving is over. Christmas is coming! I am going to pledge to continue to be thankful throughout the holiday season. Here’s an anonymous quote I like. “May your heart be filled with both—thanks and giving.” –Joy
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Keep being thankful
by resolutewoman on November 25, 2023 in kindness, love, thankfulness, Uncategorized
Kindness and peace
by resolutewoman on October 29, 2023 in kindness, peace
“Kindness is essential to inner peace,” the Dahlai Lama once said. I found this quote in the book The Way of Peace—Readings for a Harmonious Life. –Joy
Goodness is possible
by resolutewoman on July 6, 2023 in change, hope, kindness
Americans sometimes fall short of their ideals, concludes John Meacham in this book Abraham Lincoln–And There Was Light. “It is a fact of American history that we are not always good, but that goodness is possible. Not universal, not ubiquitous, not inevitable—but possible.”
A place of kindness, respect and love
by resolutewoman on May 4, 2023 in change, character, kindness, love, Uncategorized
I saw a sculpture of Ruby Bridges, the six-year-old who was the first Black to integrate an elementary school in the South, at the Dallas Arboretum. The bronze sculpture is part of the Great Contributors Collection now being displayed at the arboretum, and the collection includes eight new works by Gary Lee Price. On his […]
How are the women treated?
by resolutewoman on March 28, 2023 in advice, kindness, sexism
The best of you are those who are best to the women,” the Prophet Muhammad said. I found this quote in Manal Al-Sharif’s book Daring to Drive. –Joy
The small gesture
by resolutewoman on February 21, 2023 in friends, kindness, Uncategorized
Nina Totenberg explains her friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her book Dinners with Ruth. Friendship is about supporting and helping, Tontenberg says. “It is not always about the grand gesture, but rather the small one. It is about extending the invitation, making space at the table, picking up the phone and also remembering….It can […]
Be kind to a teenage girl
by resolutewoman on February 16, 2023 in girls, kindness
The statistics are alarming. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, almost three in five teenage girls reported feeling so persistently sad or hopeless almost every day for at least two weeks in a row during the previous year that they stopped regular activities. Say something kind to a teenage girl today. Ask […]
Kind, but strong
by resolutewoman on February 9, 2023 in balance, confidence, kindness, resolute-women, Uncategorized
Jacinda Adern, New Zealand’s youngest ever prime minister, is resigining. After 5-1/2 years as the country’s leader, she concluded, ” “I hope I leave New Zealanders with a belief that you can be kind, but strong, emphatic, but decisive, optimistic, but focused.”
Make a connection
by resolutewoman on December 17, 2022 in friends, holidays, kindness, Uncategorized
When Brittney Griner was heading back to the United States after being a prisoner in Russia for 10 months, she boarded a U.S. government plane with Roger Carstens, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs. “I want to talk,” Griner told Carstens, according to an article in the December 12, 2022, issue of the Dallas […]
Be kind and considerate
by resolutewoman on September 29, 2022 in families, friends, kindness, Uncategorized
Why do people act the way they do? Sometimes the way people act seems complex and confusing. “You have no idea what has happened to that person you just passed on the sidewalk….Extraordinary things happen to people,” says Elizabeth Strout, one of my favorite authors. I heard Elizabeth Strout speak at Arts & Letters Live […]
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