Yes, I had COVID. But, I didn’t go to the hospital. I don’t have long COVID. I am much better. I am going to count my blessings and have a positive attitude during 2023. That’s my Resolution #5. –Joy
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On to Thanksgiving
by resolutewoman on November 12, 2022 in advice, balance, celebrations, Uncategorized
The elections are over—or almost over–and I’m ready to move on to happy times. Let’s begin the holidays. At least, there are a few things we can agree on. As Nora Ephron once said, “The turkey. The sweet potatoes. The stuffing. The pumpkin pie. Is there anything else we can agree so vehemently about?” –Joy
They give me joy
by resolutewoman on October 18, 2022 in balance, beauty, happiness, Uncategorized
I returned from a trip and then welcomed company who arrived just a couple of days later. Finally, this morning, I went for my morning walk again–following the path in my neighborhood that I have taken for more than 30 years. Even though I enjoyed my travels and my guest very much, it was delightful […]
Take a break
by resolutewoman on June 7, 2022 in advice, balance, change
Give yourself permission to relax, rest, do fewer projects, take a break, advises Lisa Congdon in her book You Will Leave a Trail of Stars. “You have “permission to take an intermission.” –Joy
Think positive thoughts
by resolutewoman on June 4, 2022 in advice, balance, change
“We are what we think,” Buddha once said. “All that we are arises with our thoughts. We make the world.” I found this quote in Lisa Congdon’s book You Will Leave a Trail of Stars. –Joy
Strong and compassionate
by resolutewoman on May 3, 2022 in balance, confidence, courage, resolute-women
We can be strong and gentle—at the same time. “We need women who are so strong they can be gentle—so fierce they can be compassionate,” Kavita Ramdas, former head of the Global Fund for Women, once said.
One thing at a time
by resolutewoman on March 31, 2022 in balance, optimism, overwhelmed
Sometimes I am overwhelmed. Sometimes I try to do too much. As Madeleine Albright, this country’s first female of state, once said, “Women can’t do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments.”
Women on the Supreme Court?
by resolutewoman on March 24, 2022 in balance, change, sexism
Why have women serving on the Supreme Court? Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, once said, “I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.” Of course, […]
A simple universe?
by resolutewoman on February 15, 2022 in balance, overwhelmed, peace
“We yearn for the universe to be simple, to be one thing or another,” writes Lauren LeBlanc in The Boston Globe. “But it’s not. Its contradictory nature is integral to its abundance.”
Comic and uplifting
by resolutewoman on February 10, 2022 in balance, change, character
Life is “by turns crushing and restorative, busy and boring, comic and uplifting,” writes Kathryn Schulz, author of Lost & Found: A Memoir.
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