Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you've lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that's good.
~ Elizabeth Edwards
A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.
You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.
But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.
The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.
I'm actually one of those people who get up energetic in the morning.
It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.
Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.
Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable.
A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.
I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.
