Recovery: From Risk to Resilience * As a response to stressful events, resilience focuses on recovery, the ability to rebound from stress, a capacity to regain equilibrium quickly and to return to an initial state of health. * In fact, the modal response to calamity in our community studies has been not to despair but “to see the silver lining” (一點希望). People report they “discovered what really mattered in life,” “found out how much others cared,” and “uncovered hidden strengths within (or hidden capacities for generosity in others)” Sustaining Pursuit of the Positive * Some scholars (Holling, Schindler, Walker, and Roughgarden (1995)) defines resilience of an ecosystem as its capacity to absorb perturbations/disturbances before fundamental changes in state. * Sustainability implies the continuation of the recovery trajectory and even growth and enhancement of function as a result of healthy reactions to the stressful experience.