Resiliency

My greatest strength is probably my resiliency. I learned it from my grandfather, a farmer, World War II veteran, and Great Depression Era survivor. I learned it from my mother who raised four children by herself. In a way it is hard to admit that resiliency is one of your great strengths because it means you have faced hardships, and most people do not like to admit to it. In my early twenties I overcame financial hardships, in my late twenties I overcame career hardships, then in my early thirties I overcame relationship hardships, and now as I end my forties it is all health related.

Can I overcome it? To get through my financial challenges I lived a Spartan lifestyle and worked two jobs. To get through my career challenges I changed career paths, went back to school, improved both my hard and soft skills, and now I am thriving. For relationship challenges I ended one that was clearly going nowhere and by the grace of God met my wife that I am still married to and started a family. Now, for my health I have a ten step plan that I am now working through.

Next, that plan…