The ability to adapt to hardship will decide whether we can rise up to meet to life challenges
One of the easiest ways
to build resilience and
begin being nicer to ourselves in troubling times
is to ask what we would
say to a friend who happened to be in the same
situation. shurkin_son/Shutterstock
According to conventional wisdom, every person on the planet faces challenges, even though it sometimes seems that a chosen few skate through life unscathed.
The truth is, at some point or another, events—a broken heart, family conflicts, a health crisis, job loss, money problems, political upheaval—will bring us to our knees.
Marilyn Murray Willison
Author
Marilyn Murray Willison has had a varied career as a six-time award-winning nonfiction author, columnist, motivational speaker, and journalist in both the U.K. and the United States. She is the author of The Self-Empowered Woman blog and the award-winning memoir “One Woman, Four Decades, Eight Wishes.” Her website is MarilynWillison.com
