Healthy Resilience: To Humbly Persist

A healthy relationship with resilience considers that we are by our nature ever-adapting to change, and in this way, resilient. While resilience is something that can be practiced, it’s best not pushed.

In The Lakota Way, Joseph Marshall III writes about the 12 core qualities of the Sicangu Lakota Sioux for living well. The first two of these qualities, perseverance and humility, capture building healthy resilience.

To persevere is to persist and strive despite difficulties. To be humble is to be modest, unpretentious and respectful. Let’s all be healthy resilient: let’s all humbly persist.