Resilience and Resistance

When the few stand against the many, when the weak stand against the strong, the act of resistance awakens in us the ennobling possibilities of our own existence. David and Goliath. The Patriots and the Redcoats. The Battle of Thermopylae. Someone recently suggested to me that this rooting for the underdog is a distinctly American thing, and, while I’m sure there are exceptions and nuances across individuals, cultures, and epochs, I believe it is, fundamentally, a human thing.