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Resilience Is Accepting Your New Reality, Even If It's Less Good Than The One You Had Before. You Can Fight It, You Can Do Nothing But Scream About What You've Lost, Or You Can Accept That And Try To Put Together Something That's Good.

Growing Up In An Italian Family, You Use A Harsh Tone And 10 Minutes Later Everybody Forgets About It.

She Stood In The Storm, And When The Wind Did Not Blow Her Way, She Adjusted Her Sails.

I Think Self-knowledge Is The Rarest Trait In A Human Being.

You All Know That I Have Been Sustained Throughout My Life By Three Saving Graces - My Family, My Friends, And A Faith In The Power Of Resilience And Hope. These Graces Have Carried Me Through Difficult Times And They Have Brought More Joy To The Good Times Than I Ever Could Have Imagined.