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Roosevelt and Churchill's capacity to face hardship with energy and joy
Roosevelt and Churchill's capacity to face hardship with energy and joy
Why Are We Resilient?
By Vanita Sharma for KidSpirit's Resilience issue.
Landing on my high school’s junior varsity tennis team for the third time in a row was devastating.
After spending hours, even years, …
Patience also gives us the ability to put up graciously
Patience also gives us the ability to put up graciously
The Absence Beneath My Skis
By Olivia Bailey in the KidSpirit Resilience issue.
"It’s no use to go back to yesterday because I was a different person then."
— Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
The entranc…
The Secret of Life
Movie Lines
Curley, the trail boss says "You know what the secret of life is? One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that." One of the visitors to the dude ranch asks the old cowboy, "What's the…
Micropreneurs Reframing Work
In the last five years, according to authors Daniele Logue and Markus Hollerer writing on the conversation.com, the sharing economy or "micropreneurs" have been redefining work in a variety of ways.…
Love the Moment
Artistic Wisdom
Love the moment, and the energy of the moment will spread beyond all boundaries.
— Sister Mary Corita Kent, American pop artist
Song Lines
Storms never last do they baby
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Advice for Challenging Times
I used to always turn to the books that surround me at the Center for solace, advice, and instruction. And books are great helps. But now I also can browse the Internet to find gems of insight for m…
A Troupe of Very Determined Ground Squirrels
When I started gardening, I wasn't expecting to learn about resilience, hope, and how to fight for democracy. As a graduate student I spent the majority of my time behind a computer screen or with a…
"F" is for Faith
Faith rarely comes to us whole; mostly it comes in pieces, sometimes in tiny fragments, especially when life feels broken. Sometimes faith is lost altogether in the breaking. When children are massa…