Thoughts on Resolution
At what point do people reach ‘resolve’? The resolve to recover after a traumatic incident, the resolve to try something new, the resolve to shift to a new career or move house? The Invictus Games are on this week. A whole parade of people who presumably resolved, or are in the process of coming to resolve, to set a new course for their lives after losing something of themselves while serving in the armed forces. These people are generally held up as heroic figures, overcoming incredible odds, fighting back from despair or life altering episodes. Is resolve only something that certain people do? Are the rest of us in such awe of people with resolve to compete because we aren't able to do it ourselves? In this same week, the day before the opening ceremony of the Invictius Games, I was chased by a pack of three dogs, and bitten by one of them, while riding my bicycle home from work. I was treated by an ambulance, spent 4 hours in hospital, freaked out my family and couldn’t ge