Frances Ward Weller’s A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself

Topic

Frances Ward Weller’s A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself

Instructions

For each journal you will be provided a separate list of quotations from diverse cultures. You will select one proverb, maxim, adage, or cultural wisdom expression.  What resonated with you?  What was the author saying?  To whom was the author speaking?  What message can be shared with others?

You will submit a typed, double space, 2-3 paragraph reflection.

Journal 4 Options

  • Anais Nin: The time came when to remain a bud was more painful than to rush to blossom.
  • Marcia Menter: When the Goddess of Distraction calls, sometimes I’ve just got to pick up the phone.
  • Jane Sellman: The phrase “working mother” is redundant.
  • Martina Navratilova: Just go out there and do what you have to do.
  • Caroline Pincus: I hear that jalapeno peppers contain a natural antidepressant. Spice things up a bit and feel the lift.
  • Frances Ward Weller: A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself.
  • Anne Lindbergh: Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day – like writing a poem or saying a prayer.
  • We are all made of the same dough but baked in different ovens.
  • Poet Walt Whitman: “I contain multitudes.”
  • Marie Wilson: “You can’t be what you can’t see.”
  • Carrie Snow: If women ruled the world and we all got massages, there would be no war.
  • Geoffrey Gaberino: The real contest is always between what you’ve done and what you’re capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.
  • Angie Emerson:  Throwing a tiny pebble into a lake a ripple can spread across the entire body of water.  If we act as pebbles, or on days when we feel strong act as boulders, we can cause ripples that have the ability to change the world.

Answer preview

This quote evokes a positive feeling in that, it resonates with me because there was a time when a needed to hear the truth, and even though I knew it I could not bring myself to hear it. However, my friend came to me and told me the simple truth that I needed to change the way I was conducting my life. I hated her for several days, but after reflecting on what she had told me I realized that it was something that I knew, although I was afraid to tell myself.

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