A definition of resilience
I was inspired today to write this definition of resilience. Mine is not the only definition; check out Resilience , a journal of the environmental humanities, for a whole collection of mini manifestos. It's the fabric woven of community, knowledge, and resourcefulness, the capacity to create more with less. Resilience takes a dash of that down-to-earth ethic, Yankee thrift: Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do Or do without. Add to this charter a generous input of compassion, the courage to change, and a willingness to dance with possibility, and you have resilience.