Examples Of Resilience

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Did you know that 62% of people in the United States believe it is okay to lie. But 100% of that 62% of people don't want to be lied to. Knowing that, would you change the way you speak to others? No probably not, but have you even been put in a hard spot in your life. Have you learned to make it through a difficult situation and being able to recover quickly from that difficult situation? That means you've been RESILIENT. Now knowing that. Let's start this paper.

Understanding what the true meaning of resilience is a huge process. An example of this is the Story of Flavio. Flavio is a little boy living in a poverty and having to help his family life. They hardly have enough money to get the little amount of food they need. Not having enough money to be able to go to the doctor when he is sick. Having to travel to go get food and water to live. Earning money a single dollar at a time. But Flavio is not sad. Flavio is not hurting. Flavio is happy to be alive. Flavio is being resilient.

Every human being on this planet is going to go through a difficult situation. An example that fits our world is the New England Patriots. In super bowl 51 the Patriots were playing the
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This has been the biggest, closest, most exhilarating race of all time. Donald Trump Vs. Hillary Clinton. Most of the media input was against Trump. He fought. Throughout the election process and the presidential debate everybody was against him. All the media was against him. Everybody hated him. He spent so much making the USA like him. In the article “ 230 Things Donald Trump Has Said and Done That Make Him Unfit to Be President” they give 230 reasons why he is unfit to be president. Trump did not listen to others. He continued to fight and ended up beating hillary clinton in the run for president. Donald Trump was resilient. He fought. He was faced with a difficult situation and eading up being successful in the

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