Quotes About Resilience

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

you may not be responsible for being down. but you are respinsible for getting up.

I ain't got time to bleed

Nu subapreciez sinuciderile atunci când le numesc sl?biciuni, subliniez c? oricine se gânde?te s? fac? un astfel de lucru are nevoie de ajutor. Nu cred c? o persoan? normal?, s?n?toas? mental, poate s? se sinucid?.

For me, makeup is about being your best self. If I wake up in a foul mood and have to deal with temper tantrums and an exploding diaper--I know taking 10 minutes to get my game face on will reset my stress levels. It's a chance to check in and remind myself--you got this.

Being brave isn't about being unafraid. It's about functioning through the fear.

Jessica Andersen

I walked and walked, sometimes with an objective- a friend's house, a shop, the church or school- but mostly at random, to outrun oppression.

The truth as I see it is that people can both struggle and remain upbeat simultaneously, through even the most soul-testing of challenges.

And there is hope on the road. It's a by-product of forward momentum. A sense of opportunity, as wide as the country itself. A bone-deep conviction that something better will come.

the Amazon encampments began to seem more and more like microcosms of a national catastrophe.

people not only buck up in times of crisis, but do so with a "startling, sharp joy." It's possible to undergo hardships that shake our will to endure, while also finding happiness in shared moments, such as sitting around a bonfire with fellow workampers under a vast starry sky.

How does a hardworking sixty-four-year-old-woman end up without a house or a permanent place to stay, relying on unpredictable low-wage work to survive? Living in a mile-high alpine wilderness, with intermittent snow and maybe mountain lions in a tiny trailer, scrubbing toilets at the mercy of employers who, on a whim, could cut her hours or even fire her? What does the future look like for someone like that?

Sameer and LaVonne were not naive. They know that, in the eyes of the law, they are homeless. But who can live under the weight of that word? The term "homeless" has metastasized beyond its literal definition, becoming a terrible threat. It whispers: Exiles. The Fallen. The Other. Those Who Have Nothing Left. "Our society's untouchables," LaVonne suggested on her blog.

But for them—as for anyone—survival isn't enough. So what began as a last-ditch effort has become a battle cry for something greater. Being human means yearning for more than subsistence. As much as food or shelter, we require hope.

What parts of this life are you willing to give up, so you can keep on living?

And there is hope on the road. It's a by-product of forward momentum. A sense of opportunity, as wide as the country itself.

Bleary-eyed, they find places to pull off the road and rest. In Walmart parking lots. On quiet suburban streets. At truck stops, amid the lullaby of idling engines. Then in the early morning hours—before anyone notices—they're back on the highway. Driving on, they're secure in this knowledge: The last free place in America is a parking spot.

Inevitably bouts with obstacles offer discouragement as you cut every tether holding you from freedom.

In the widening gap between credits and debits hangs a question: What parts of this life are you willing to give up, so you can keep on living? Most who face this dilemma will not end up dwelling in vehicles. Those who do are analogous to what biologists call an "indicator species"—sensitive organisms with the capacity to signal much larger shifts in an ecosystem.

What was his plan for the future? I asked. "Don't die. Don't get old," he said. "I don't know." If things got desperate, he added, a niece and nephew had offered to take him in.

But for them—as for anyone—survival isn't enough.

a glimpse of utopia.

The truth as I see it is that people can both struggle and remain upbeat simultaneously, through even the most soul-testing of challenges. This doesn't mean they're in denial. Rather, it testifies to the remarkable ability of humankind to adapt, to seek meaning and kinship when confronted with adversity.