/tags/news-about-cancer/Recent content in News-About-Cancer on Late BloomsHugoen-usMon, 29 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000/posts/resilience/Mon, 29 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000/posts/resilience/<h1 id="life-doesnt-get-easier-or-more-forgiving-we-get-stronger-and-more-resilient-steve-maraboli-life-the-truth-and-being-free"><em>“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.”</em> <em>(Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free)</em></h1> <p>Resilience is one of those words that I don&rsquo;t quite understand, especially in relation to myself.  When I&rsquo;ve seen it in other people or heard other people describe resilience, it&rsquo;s always been in the face of some terrible situation or happening that has taken place or is presently happening in a person&rsquo;s life.  The person speaking usually says of the person experiencing this event or situation that:  &ldquo;he/she is resilient and can get through this&rdquo; or some similar cliche.  Two phone calls I had this past week have given me reason to think about how resilient we are all called to be in this life.</p>