All Guides: Recreation Theory and Philosophy: Indomitable Human Spirit

Definition:

The indomitable spirit is that part of a person which makes them unique. It is that part of a person which provides hope, strength and courage to get up and face each day with a smile. Indomitable spirit is perseverance on a long term basis.

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The Indomitable Human Spirit.
The author relates the cooperation among Chinese in overcoming a tragedy after the Sichuan Province was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake on May 12, 2008. Trucks carrying aid, police cars, recovery vehicles and ambulances were used during the rescue work. Victims were treated in a hospital for free while the government provides the food. People offer help to strangers before they think of themselves.
INDOMITABLE HUMAN SPIRIT.
The article focuses on the life of Hong Zhanhui, a college student who has inspired China through his exploits. At the age of twelve, Zhanhui's father suffered a mental illness that led the beating of his wife and the death of his youngest child. Given the condition of poverty they were in and the continued beatings, Zhanghui's mother decided to leave, which prompted Zhanghui to look after his siblings and his father as he took odd jobs. He supported himself through college and now has managed to improve the living conditions of his family.
STEPHEN HAWKING WAS AN INDOMITABLE HUMAN SPIRIT
No one exemplifies this more than Stephen Hawking. He was diagnosed with the slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, when he was 21 years old, and told he had only two years to live.
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By Jane Goodall

Indomitable Spirit Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Poem
The Human Potential
Exerts from "Stewards of Access, Custodians of Choice".

Audio Clips:

In this episode of the podcast we consider a number of hot button words thrown around in public discourse today: nationalism, tribalism, globalism, identity, populism...the list goes on. Inspired by a podcast discussion one of us heard recently, we wonder if the whole tribalism versus universalism, nationalism versus globalism is really an age old clash between the unstoppable force of technological and economic development and the indomitable human spirit that balks at feeling like more of an object than a subject.