Quotes About Adversity

The more you explain bad events as temporary, specific, and external, the more likely you are to persist even in the face of adversity.

Look at us. Amps. We're morons smarter than Lucifer. Cripples stronger than gravity. A bunch of broke-ass motherfuckers stinking rich with potential. This is our army. Our people. Strong and hurt. We're the wounded supermen of tomorrow, Gray. It's time you got yourself healed. New world ain't gonna build itself. And the old world don't want to go without a fight.

So now what?" I ask. She is quiet for a long time, long enough that I assume she's gone to sleep. "I think this is just part of it," she says. "Civilisations fall. People keep going.

If you don't die screaming in this war, then you're fuckin' doing it wrong. At least I'm fucking doing it right.

humanity learns true lessons only in cataclysm.

There are no truer choices than those made in crisis, choices made without judgment.

They say the nail that sticks out gets hammered down

We're stubborn people, queer folks and Indians and queer Indians alike. Green shoots rise quickly from burnt-over earth—and rarely, if ever, in solitude.

Only when you are dangerous are you truly equal to the world.

Steel identifies what he calls two faulty beliefs: first, that life should be easy, and second, that our self-worth is dependent on our success.

Rather than trying to shelter our children from life's inevitable difficulties, we can help them integrate those experiences into their understanding of the world and learn from them. How our kids make sense of their young lives is not only about what happens to them but also about how their parents, teachers, and other caregivers respond.

People exposed to emotional abuse as children have been found to be at higher risk of developing medical illnesses later in life,

Your job as a parent is not to prevent them from experiencing setbacks and failures, but to give them the tools and emotional resilience they need to weather life's storms, and then to walk beside them through those storms.

When your child is disrespectful and talks back to you, when you are asked to come in for a meeting with the principal, when you find crayon scribbles all over your wall: these are survive moments, no question about it. But at the same time, they are opportunities—even gifts—because a survive moment is also a thrive moment, where the important, meaningful work of parenting takes place.

Como padres, estamos programados para intentar proteger a nuestros hijos de todo sufrimiento y dolor, pero en realidad eso es imposible. Nuestros hijos se caerán, se sentirán heridos y sufrirán miedo, tristeza y enfado. De hecho, a menudo estas experiencias difíciles son las que les permiten crecer y descubrir el mundo.

All of this applies to our kids as well. They have their own little canoes, and they float down their own river of well-being. Many of the challenges we face as parents result from the times when our kids aren't in the flow, when

neuroplasticidad y la teoría del apego, deseamos subrayar una máxima inspiradora: la historia no determina el destino.

This Yes Brain mindset is what we want for our kids, so that they learn to view obstacles and new experiences not as paralyzing impediments but simply as challenges to be faced and overcome and learned from.

Así ampliamos su zona verde: enseñándoles con cariño que pueden frustrarse y fracasar y que superar la frustración y el fracaso los hará más fuertes y más sabios.

When kids are given whatever they want all the time, they lose opportunities to build resilience and learn important life lessons:

the moments you are just trying to survive are actually

Cuanto más ancha sea su ventana de tolerancia a las dificultades y a las emociones desagradables, más resilientes serán frente a la adversidad, en lugar de desmoronarse si las cosas no salen como es debido.

develop the ability to live with balance, to face adversity with resilience, to

My entire life, I have viewed every problem as an opportunity - I've had no choice.