On resilience
I teach for a living and I see my students at the best of times and the worst of times. Reflecting on our shared experiences, I have translated some of these lessons to my life with my child, which I hope will help him with his journey in life. 1. Failure is not a thing to be feared. The adjunct to this is that being the best is not a given and, although we always try our best, we accept that our best may not always be enough. The process is as important as the end point, because we learn from the process. It feels bad to fail but it will pass if we learn to weather it. In the end we are but a small part of the universe and what feels big for us is small to the universe. Humans like to blow their own trumpet and make the things we do sound great, our achievements sound grand, we celebrate greatness, but what does it really mean in the grand scheme of things? Probably not that much. The thing is, as parents we want the best for our...