If you follow my blog, you know that I am devoting 2019 to RESILIENCE -- our ability to recover from the stress of life. This is the last post on my topic for February: Finding Meaning. the theme … [Read more...] about The Meaning Behind Suffering
Resilience
Five Ways to Find Meaning in Suffering (Part 2)
A Re-cap of Post-Traumatic Growth In last week’s post, we talked about Post-traumatic Growth (PTG), the mental and emotional growth that results from a survivor's struggle to cope with … [Read more...] about Five Ways to Find Meaning in Suffering (Part 2)
Five Ways to Find Meaning in Suffering (Part 1)
I just started reading the New York Times best-seller Resilience: Hard-won Wisdom for Living a Better Life by humanitarian (and former Navy SEAL) Eric Greitens. The book is a series of letters from … [Read more...] about Five Ways to Find Meaning in Suffering (Part 1)
Finding Meaning
The primary motivational force in man is his striving for meaning.” Victor Frankl I am by nature a night owl, not an early bird. For this reason, most mornings and I have to get acquainted slowly … [Read more...] about Finding Meaning
Nike’s Guide to Stress Management
If you have been following my blog, you know that for 2019 I have decided to study twelve different characteristics of resilience, one for each month. The characteristic I am studying in JANUARY is … [Read more...] about Nike’s Guide to Stress Management
What I learned about Resilience from Louis Zamperini: Four Life Lessons
Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.” Thomas Carlyle Last week I wrote a mammoth post (over 4,000 words) on my new year’s resolution … [Read more...] about What I learned about Resilience from Louis Zamperini: Four Life Lessons