Obstacles Resilience Is Found Within The Struggle
”Obstacles Produce Overcomers: Resilience is Found Within the Struggle” This human existence called life often brings with it many challenges and obstacles. For some, those challenges prove to be too difficult and will lead to their demise, but for others the obstacles they face seem to bring about an inner strength that often they themselves have not discovered. So if human nature is designed to survive then why do some appear more successful than others? That fight for survival is often call human resilience. This paper will look at resilience as it pertains to human nature and will examine a few of the factors that might influence an individual’s degree of resilience. This project will attempt to prove that obstacles are one of the
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She talks about her hope to see her family again and how that kept her holding on. Her daughter’s also gave her hope. They gave her a purpose, something to live for. When asked about her future, Dugard said that she sees herself helping families like her own. She beautifully describes the power of fostering resilience though support systems: “families are like snowflakes: the come in many shapes and sizes and no two are the same. And like a snowflake, they are very delicate and must be protected and guarded from elements that threaten to destroy their precarious balance. When two or more snowflakes merge, they strengthen their chances of surviving in an ever-changing world. Unlike snowflakes, given the right tools families can survive through the worst conditions.” (Dugard, 2011).
Resilience an innate part of human life: The source of one’s resilience or one’s lack of resilience has often been a debate among researchers. Some believe that resilience is a learned behavior, some believe that it is genetically acquired, and others believe that resilience is an innate part of human life that derives from one’s fight for survival. More recently, researchers have taken a more integrated view of resilience, it’s existence, and its ability to grow. In their book, Overcoming the Odds: High-Risk Children From Birth to Adulthood, authors Werner and Smith describe resilience an inborn capacity for self-righting. They believed that despite high-risk factors each child had within them the ability to develop into competent adults (Werner and Smith,
She talks about her hope to see her family again and how that kept her holding on. Her daughter’s also gave her hope. They gave her a purpose, something to live for. When asked about her future, Dugard said that she sees herself helping families like her own. She beautifully describes the power of fostering resilience though support systems: “families are like snowflakes: the come in many shapes and sizes and no two are the same. And like a snowflake, they are very delicate and must be protected and guarded from elements that threaten to destroy their precarious balance. When two or more snowflakes merge, they strengthen their chances of surviving in an ever-changing world. Unlike snowflakes, given the right tools families can survive through the worst conditions.” (Dugard, 2011).
Resilience an innate part of human life: The source of one’s resilience or one’s lack of resilience has often been a debate among researchers. Some believe that resilience is a learned behavior, some believe that it is genetically acquired, and others believe that resilience is an innate part of human life that derives from one’s fight for survival. More recently, researchers have taken a more integrated view of resilience, it’s existence, and its ability to grow. In their book, Overcoming the Odds: High-Risk Children From Birth to Adulthood, authors Werner and Smith describe resilience an inborn capacity for self-righting. They believed that despite high-risk factors each child had within them the ability to develop into competent adults (Werner and Smith,