resilience

“If we are to realize the rich possibilities inherent in the concept of resilience, we will need to expand and recast our understanding of what it means. Resilience, in other words, should not be thought of as simply our capacity to prepare for and respond to threats. Rather, we should think of it in terms of realizing a hopeful future, rooted in people’s natural desire to work together toward common goals and to sense progress toward those goals in a tangible way. It should be seen as an integral aspect of humankind’s shared project to create the future–a project in which anyone anywhere can participate and which lays the solid foundations for a sustainable global society.” – Daisaku Ikeda

Source: http://www.sgiquarterly.org/feature2014oct-1.html