Grit and Resilience

Recently, I’ve been thinking about the words grit and resilience. I guess my thoughts have been lead to those words by the end of the school year and the hurdles many of our students have created for themselves. If it wasn’t for the pandemic, I would probably have more thoughts of grit at this time of the year instead of resilience. Grit, as a combination of perseverance and passion for a goal, is totally relatable to educational or athletic pursuits. Resilience, however, is the ability to mentally process or emotionally cope with a crisis and return to a ‘normal' state. That obviously applies to our world today, as we hope to return to our pre-pandemic status as soon as it is possible and safe to do so. Both grit and resilience, are words that are important for us today. We all need to keep our eyes on our individual goals and stay passionate about the reasons that drive us. We also need to overcome everything that has been thrown at us this year. For me, this year has been an opportunity to reset and recalibrate my ‘why’. I feel as though I am coming out of the COVID pandemic better. Every day, I wake up feeling lucky to have another day to get it right. With grit and resilience, I will. May you all enjoy a fantastic weekend! Go PUPS! (cue Jason Mraz - Have It All)

Until next time...