Relational Grit
I have done a lot of thinking on how we have made it this far. That is really striking to say because it makes it sound as if we were a train wreck. But the truth was, we really were. We were both pretty messed up on our own; and then we had to go on and put our crazy trains on the same track. It really is a miracle that we have greatly improved our relationship despite the odds.
In my psychology studies, there is a concept of personal grit that allows people to succeed and overcome the challenges inherent to life. Angela Lee Duckworth gave a TED presentation on "grit" that you can see by
clicking here. Margaret M. Perlis writes about it on Forbes.com
here. When I Google searched "relational grit" there were no results close to relationship or grit as a psychological term. The closest result was an article called "
Does Your Marriage Have Enough Grit?" So, perhaps that is a good reason for me to continue this post.