Resilience Essay Examples

“Resilience is all about being able to over come the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive” this is a quote by Jambs Cascio. There have been many times that we have all had something unexpectedly happen to us. We have all over came those obstacles and have been able to move on and look forward to the positive future. I thought I lost my arm, when I was attacked by a dog. My unexpected day all started in the summer of my first grade year. I was enjoying a nice hot sunny day. I was shooting hoops in my driveway and heard someone shout my name! “Hey Gavin, do you want to go on the slip n slide?” “ Absolutely!” I shouted back to my neighbor in an exciting voice. I could barely hold in my exciting
We got to the doctors office and all I can remember is getting a shot in my arm that felt like getting stung by hundreds of bees and receiving 13 stitches. I only had one worried concern that I kept thinking to my self about and that was if I could play in my baseball game later that night. “Will this make me miss my baseball game tonight?” I asked the doctor. “Well…you really should not play tonight but if you wrap your arm nice and tight, you should be able to play.” Hearing those words from the doctor was a huge relief because baseball is my favorite sport and I wouldn't want to miss playing in that game. After the doctor finished the final details and called in my prescriptions; I was free to go home. I remember going home and taking a pretty long nap; then getting ready for my baseball game, that I would never want to miss. We have all had to “over come the unexpected” at some point in our lives but from that we have all became better people. We have learned that it is possible to still have positive thoughts even though at one point, we did not think that positive thoughts even