Resilience is everything
You get dumped, you lose a job, a loved one, fail numerous times and life pretty much throws a lot of things at you which you never thought would come your way. How do you handle it all? Wiith resilience... This is a `power-word` I learned about recently. After numerous ups and downs, failures, disappointments and hours spent pondering about life. Not that I am philosopher enough to engage in joyless debates of concepts but one does reach a point in life, some sooner than the others, when they start questioning why some appear happier and healthier than the rest. It`s no coincidence, I feel, that those who end up with incurable diseases or depression seem to share the common trait of mental or emotional fragility. They feel overwhelmed by things more easily than others perhaps. A matter of easy resolution for some might turn into months of anxiety for them. I have also experienced this myself on a number of occasions. Friends who know me well enough h...