This is worth reading. I know firsthand resilience is such a strong predictor of success in face of any adversity. I’ve come from great privilege but also suffered and survived severe trauma, sexual harassment and gender discrimination. What got me through ... https://twitter.com/newyorker/status/1265795684587966464

... was primarily a sense that - as my grandmother put it - what didn’t kill me made me stronger. I saw my sexual trauma (after many years) as a way to help my patients who had suffered the same, for example....

... it’s incredibly difficult to see a physically violent event as a way to grow. It took me many years and lots of support. But that constant turning into the wind, finding the opportunity in every adversity is what allowed me to succeed and to overcome ....

A final grandmother quote - when I told her what happened she pointed out a severely wind blown tree leaning far down to the ground still standing on a rocky outcropping. She said how she found that tree so beautiful - and it was gorgeous - for having weathered so many storms.

We are all facing such incredible adversity now - some much more than others. Now is the time for all of us to dig deep and find a way to become stronger for it. Not only individually but in our communities and as a nation.