It takes time, strength, and help from people around you, and you'll likely experience setbacks along the way.
"Resilience is like climbing a mountain with no trail map. The ribbon represents my younger sister and the birth defect she has, and the spoon represents my older sister's chronic condition. Resilience is taking the hand you're given and making the most of it no matter the struggles. The playing cards (on the inside of the square) represent different hands. "My square is about how everyone's hand is different in life. My definition of resilience is the fast that we can look into the past to learn, the present to improve, and the future - which holds a promise of prosperity. The uncertain future, whether it is good or bad, holds a promise of good times. Along with the Past, the Present provides a great opportunity and motivation for me to continue to live for those moments. Knowing that I have had some of the best moments in my past encourages me that those kinds of moments will happen in the Present or Future. The Past, Present, and Future collectively symbolize resilience to me.
The Future is represented by the miscellaneous pictures which show an object, but not in enough detail to discern their meaning, which is similar to the uncertain future. The Present is represented by the numerous quotes scattered over the box, which have the purpose of encouraging my present life. The pictures of me from the Past symbolize some of the happiest and most meaningful times I have had in my life. "My square is a collage of my past, present, and future experiences. For so many of us, monarchs are a connection to nature that began when we were children, and our actions to protect them now will let generations to come to make this same connection." These butterflies connect people and habitats in three different countries, and capture the imagination of writers, filmmakers, artists and scientists. Monarch numbers have rebounded in the past, and they can do it again if we give them a chance. A single female monarch can lay up to 1000 eggs, and hatching eggs become adult butterflies in just under a month. Monarchs are declining too, but they are also resilient little insects. Their losses change the entire ecology of ecosystems and are impossible to replace. Many of the great planetary migrations of birds, bison, salmon, and sea turtles, have either vanished or are declining due to habitat loss, climate change, hunting, pesticides, and barriers to movement. The migration of monarchs is one of the last of the earth’s greatest migrations. The monarchs that migrate each fall have never made the journey before, and yet they find their way to the same forests that their ancestors traveled to several generations ago. It’s hard to imagine the challenges they face along the way, and how they make this journey. These tiny insects symbolize resilience: they weigh only half a gram and travel across an entire continent – covering thousands of miles - in a matter of weeks. "Every fall, millions of monarchs in eastern North America head out on an epic journey that takes them from meadows and prairies of Canada and the US, all the way to winter sanctuaries in the mountains of Mexico.
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