Resilience – czyli zdolnosc zdrowienia, odpornosc, wytrzymalosc. W sklepach w USA pojawila sie ksiazka napisana przez Alonzo Mourninga (przy wspolpracy z dziennikarzem Danem Wetzlerem).
Zo przypomina swoja walke z powazna choroba nerek. Wspomina swoje dziecinstwo, okres studiow. Ma naprawde ciekawe spostrzezenia na temat zycia. Polecam [sam jej jeszcze nie mam ale postaram sie zdobyc tak szybko jak to mozliwe].
“Now points and rebounds were about to become secondary to hemofiltration and leukocyte antigens. Not that I knew those words yet.”
"God puts you in situations to test your faith, and it can only grow stronger as you overcome these hurdles. From faith comes resilience. Faith makes things possible. But as I would learn, it doesn’t make them easy."
"As a professional athlete, I’d trained myself to power through, to never question my will to succeed. Resilience was a trait that served me well. But in the darkest days of this battle against kidney disease, it was tested like never before. I was still a large man in stature, but at times I was as weak and helpless as my newborn baby."
"Strength is not just physical, it is mental. And if you are mentally strong you can accomplish anything."