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Resilience and HOW DO I GET THERE? By Ali W. Rothrock
I BELIEVE IN RESILIENCE. I believe in our ability to get back up, to rally against adversity, and to choose when to rest and when to offer help. I believe in it so much that my two companies, On the Job and Off and First Responders Care have the word resilience baked into their mission statements: “Building more resilient first responders” and “Empowering first responders to take an active role in their communities’ resilience.” For me, being resilient has meant that even though there were days when I was so deep into my struggle that I didn’t recognize myself in the mirror, I chose to continue to work toward better times. Rejecting the idea that I would be stuck in that mental place forever and putting in the work to get there – being resilient – is what bridged the gap between where I was and where I am now.
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