Tag Archives: resilience
On Courage and Resilience …
“Getting through life requires courage. Staying true to your principles requires courage. Falling down and getting back up requires courage. Starting again requires courage. Going, staying, persevering—it all requires courage.” “This is not the time to abdicate your courage. It’s … Continue reading
Waiting to Exhale
We keep waiting for life to calm down before we act, but calm isn’t coming. Let’s move anyway by naming your avoidance, building resilience, and taking a step toward the life you’ve been postponing Beverley Andre Positively Purging-I welcome your … Continue reading
Hatchet
Imagine you are thirteen years old, riding shotgun in a Cessna, and your pilot suddenly loses consciousness. What do you do? I recently revisited Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (1987, 208 pages), a book that has stayed with me since childhood. It … Continue reading
Illuminating Life
Over the years I have learned how to do but not how to be. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.. -Stanley Kubrick Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the … Continue reading
opportunity
When your life falls apart, it does not mean you have failed. It means the version of your life that could not hold the truth is gone. And while the ache of that is real, so is the possibility of … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 