In the past year, the human race appears to have had more than its share of both minor and major disasters -- earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear disasters, hurricanes and tropical storms and a global economy that seems to be getting worse rather than better. As the media continues to sift through the current roster of candidates for president of this country, I have a sense that we are continuing to search for a superhero, someone to lead us out of the wilderness and the morass that we find ourselves in, but I doubt that we will find one outside of a movie theater. I believe the only one who will save us from us is us.
Our leader's attitudes and behaviors certainly are important. But any leader will fail if the expectation is that he or she will fix our nation's problems. We must do the fixing. Each one of us needs to accept our responsibility for changing our behavior and the world. We must work together. We can do something about the world's problems. We can do our part to fix the energy crisis, the problems with the healthcare system, global warning and the economy. We can do this by each day practicing the skills and the attitudes of resilience. Here are a few suggestions:
