sevenofnine

I read this recently, and found it inspiring, so I thought I'd share.
I was reading about dealing with lifelong chronic pain, but I think the relevance here needs no explanation:

The poet Jane Hirshfield described the concept of resilience in the most eloquent and poignant way of all, in her poem entitled “Optimism”:

More and more I have come to admire resilience.
Not the simple resistance of a pillow, whose foam
returns over and over to the same shape, but the sinuous
tenacity of a tree: finding the light newly blocked on one side,
it turns in another....

--

irisgardens

Thank you...have been told I am resilient...but this puts some meat on the bones of understanding...

Vale

resilience, perseverance, tenacity.

(combine these 3 and nothing can beat you)

Ann

Wow, this is a keeper. Thank you for inspiring me as I begin my day.

May we all find our light today, it may be blocked by it remains constant if we bend toward it.

Hugs

irisgardens

Adding tenacity to the 'must have' set...have been told already that I have resilience and perseverance!