This piece from this morning's NY Times represents this woman's courage, resiliency, advocacy, and absolute grit in finding her voice for others while also experiencing excruciating personal pain. Go Girl! We stand with you.

Angela Duckworth believes in human potential and the ability of anyone and everyone to improve their chances of achievement. She believes that passion and perseverance count more toward success than static notions of intelligence or talent. GRIT is the term she employs to capture what it takes to be really good at something and she believes that GRIT is a learned skill. Angela makes the strong case that effort (more than talent or native skill) is the operative ingredient. Ef

"I would love to live like a river flows, Carried by the surprise of its own unfolding."