Weekend Reads v. 27.4.2025
In Defense of Risk.
If this week had a title, it would be: How Elisabeth Got Knocked Down and Got Back Up Again. I was surprised to be reminded of how risky getting knocked down can feel. All is well when you are upright and winning, but being blindsided by a challenge can be permanently destabilizing if you aren’t prepared.
But that’s the point, right? Life will throw curveballs at you no matter how hard you try to exert control over your circumstances, therefore thriving requires resiliency. If today’s self-help books and Instagram health gurus are any indication, we are a society that has traded resiliency for paralyzing anxiety.
Has it always been this way?
Friday evening, I attended dinner where awards were handed out to people who’d displayed courage and resolve over the past year. The last award recipient was a man enjoying retirement after a successful career running a large construction company.
As my husband and I left the event, he remarked on how this man represented a seemingly m…
