The city's election machinery tends to be creaky even in the best of times, and the fact that voters managed to cast their ballots was yet another example of adversity bringing out the best in New Yorkers.
"My new opera deals with brave students who stood up for what they believed in and triggers a wonderful example of adversity," Mr. Davies has said of "Kommilitonen (Young Blood!)," which had its premiere in March at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
But the one-big-human-family element of the Olympics is only a part of the event, as is the one big American (or Chinese or British or Kenyan) family or even all the examples of individuals overcoming adversity (because, let's be honest, there is so much overcoming that it becomes difficult to recall which adversity was overcome, and by whom).
Their examples of grace under adversity provide an important lesson for all of us to think about as we handle our own emotional situations at work, in our families, and in our communities.
She cites the example of Estée Lauder, who founded her cosmetics company because she discovered during the bleak 1930s that women actually wanted to buy lipstick more when times were bad.The most recent recession, of 1990-91, also provides examples of success born of adversity.
Examples of enhanced cooperation under adversity and uncertainty are discussed further by Andras & Lazarus [ 32].
[DKJ] Resilience: All shared to a greater or lesser degree a sense of "getting on with it" in some way, and provided examples of resilience in the face of adversity.
And of course Shakespeare -- check out, for example, the "sweet are the uses of adversity" monologue in As You Like It.
They are able to set an example for how to thrive in the face of adversity.
"And we would ask our scouts to provide three detailed examples of how these young players faced adversity on the field and responded to it, and three examples of how they faced adversity off the field.
"We feel that he has been the ultimate example of humility, integrity, and dignity in the face of adversity," she said.
