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| - | ==== The Resilient Aristologist ==== | + | ====The Resilient Aristologist==== |
| by [[:Pippa Buchanan]] | by [[:Pippa Buchanan]] | ||
| - | “A good half of the art of living is resilience.” | + | “A good half of the art of living is resilience.” |
| - | ― Alain de Botton | + | |
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| - | “...The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men | + | |
| - | Gang aft agley... | + | |
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| - | (...The best laid schemes of mice and men | + | |
| - | Go often awry…)” | + | |
| - | ― Robert Burns - //To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough//, November, 1785 | + | “…The best-laid schemes o' mice an ' |
| + | Gang aft agley…" | ||
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| + | Go often awry…" | ||
| + | -- Robert Burns, //To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough//, November, 1785 | ||
| The concept of resilience is broad, but in essence it can be defined as //the ability to withstand, adjust to or recover from misfortune and change//. My thoughts often turn to questions of how resilient I and my loved ones will be to changes, whether that be a personal or global financial crisis or changes to the space and climate we live in. Will we be able to work? Will we be able to eat? Will we be content with our changed lives? | The concept of resilience is broad, but in essence it can be defined as //the ability to withstand, adjust to or recover from misfortune and change//. My thoughts often turn to questions of how resilient I and my loved ones will be to changes, whether that be a personal or global financial crisis or changes to the space and climate we live in. Will we be able to work? Will we be able to eat? Will we be content with our changed lives? | ||
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| There are the mutable qualities that can be adopted to get yourself, your project or your meal through to the other side of a challenging situation and then there are inherent attributes you must maintain in order to keep your self [sic], your project or your meal true to its origins. It could be that being a Resilient is partly about knowing how to identify these two: the variables and the constants. | There are the mutable qualities that can be adopted to get yourself, your project or your meal through to the other side of a challenging situation and then there are inherent attributes you must maintain in order to keep your self [sic], your project or your meal true to its origins. It could be that being a Resilient is partly about knowing how to identify these two: the variables and the constants. | ||
| - | **Recipe:** Grated Carrot | + | ===The Resilient Salad=== |
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| Carrots and cabbage keep remarkably well without refrigeration as long as they are kept as cool as possible. Lemon is a useful seasoning that also provides valuable vitamins. | Carrots and cabbage keep remarkably well without refrigeration as long as they are kept as cool as possible. Lemon is a useful seasoning that also provides valuable vitamins. | ||
| - | The Resilient Salad: | + | Grate some carrots into a bowl. Finely slice cabbage and add it into the bowl. Mix and add lemon juice and olive oil to taste. |
| This basic salad can be augmented with grated radish, celeriac or apple. Should seeds and nuts be available, toast and add them to the mix. Dried fruit such as sultanas and cranberries are also delicious. Mix mustard or horseradish into the dressing. If you remember to buy mayonnaise feel free to mix it into the dressing too. | This basic salad can be augmented with grated radish, celeriac or apple. Should seeds and nuts be available, toast and add them to the mix. Dried fruit such as sultanas and cranberries are also delicious. Mix mustard or horseradish into the dressing. If you remember to buy mayonnaise feel free to mix it into the dressing too. | ||
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