2. Encouragement: Mark encouraged our daughters to try anything and everything, to never give up, to be resilient when things went wrong, to be brave and to be bold, to invent and try things that seemed impossible, and to push themselves.
They are resilient when things go wrong.
They're resilient little things, yet the research shows a relentless association between parental break-ups and poor academic achievement, stress, ill health and depression in children.
In the wake of Super Storm Sandy, a growing chorus of mayors is also actively urging that cities prepare for oncoming climate change by making their cities more resilient to things like storms and sea level rise.
If we are to become resilient the first thing we need to do is to recognise we are not".
Though sunflowers are extremely resilient, the one thing that can harm them is flooded soil.
"Farmers are very resilient, we make things happen, but we've never had a zero allocation," said Stephen Patricio, president of Westside Produce, a melon handler and harvester.
I encourage all college graduates to focus on how making wellness a priority will make them feel strong, centered, confident, and resilient - all things that will ensure they bring their best to all areas of their life.
From the opposing bench Nicky Morgan, unceremoniously dumped as education secretary by the new prime minister Theresa May, said, with just the hint of a smile, that she wanted to talk to girls about the importance of being resilient: "One of the things I'm most interested in in education is resilience – it's so important and we need to do better".
