I’ve been thinking a lot about courage and resilience.  Those weren’t quite the words I was looking for, but I started there. It hardly needs mentioning why these words seem like important personal resources. The challenges facing so many of us in Cleveland, in Ohio, in the nation, across the globe. It feels like its never been this bad, that the stakes have never been this profound. 

Then, I saw this image. 

The subject of the photo is a young woman from Kharkiv, Ukraine. She just graduated. That is her school. She bought the dress for her graduation. What’s the word for someone whose response to her city being captured, bombed and continually fought over showing up to her school in her graduation dress and posing in front of the rubble? It’s not just courage. It’s not simply resilience. The word is indefatigable. It’s a good word. The latin “defatigare” means “to tire out.” This woman has not been tired out––cannot be tired out. She is indefatigable.

Much is wrong in the world. But I can’t even begin to imagine living in a town that has been in the middle of a war. To live through that and still have the energy and gumption to show up for graduation pictures is miraculous. This image is like an icon, radiant with the glow of human resourcefulness.

Allan T. Georgia, M.Div., M.T.S., PhD

Sometimes it is hard to tap into our spiritual selves or find time to nurture our intellectual curiosity. Here is a section that reflects on some nourishing materials from around the web and related media channels in order to get us thinking, get us feeling, and get us reflecting on the lives we are living in this big, beautiful world. **Some Adult/Mature Themes May Appear in Links and Other Attached Material**