The Perks of Adversity
Building resilience when the world (and your life) falls apart
10 min readJul 26, 2017
The sign read “Welcome to Camp Harriman.” Only someone had taken a red Sharpie and crossed out “Camp Harriman” and replaced it with the words “Rocket City.”
I wasn’t sure what that meant, so I grabbed my backpack and made my way off the helicopter pad, following my friend Paul. Once the…