You are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. Like a muscle, you can build it up, draw on it when you need it. In that process, you will figure out who you really are — and you just might become the very best version of yourself.
Sheryl Sandberg
UC Berkeley Commencement, 2016, 2016
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Sandberg closed with this powerful reframe of resilience as something that can be developed, not just endured. She described the greatest irony of her life: that losing her husband helped her find deeper gratitude — for the kindness of friends, the love of family, the laughter of her children. She shared her New Year's resolution to write down three moments of joy before bed each night, a practice that changed her life. She asked the graduates to live as if they had eleven days left — not by partying, but by understanding how precious every single day actually is. 'As I stand here today,' she said, 'I have a huge reservoir of sadness that is with me always. But I am also aware that I am walking without pain.'
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