Hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday morning moments with John O'Leary.

I record these so that you and I can begin our days and weeks in awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration.

So friends, how do you respond when tragedy strikes?

There's a quote that I love that goes like this.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it is less good than the one you had before.

Yes, you can fight it. You can do nothing but scream about one you had before. Yes, you can fight it.

You can do nothing but scream about what you've lost, or you can accept that and try to put

together something that is good.

It's a quote from me, Edwards.

As the result of some powerful spring thunderstorm, sirens sounded in our hotel recently,

encouraging us to shelter in the basement.

While waiting for the storm to pass, the all clear to be given, and the right to return to our rooms to be granted,

I was reminded of the powerful, unmistakable sounds many report as a tornado approaches and the sounds that are made

after it departs. Let me explain. Many survivors of tornadoes share that as the storm approaches,

there is the piercing sound. It sounds like a freight train. And that after that after that massive unsettling locomotive sound fades

it is followed by an eerie moment of silence which is quickly broken by the powerful sound of chainsaws

clearing debris from houses removing branches from roadways seeking to rebuild by first removing the damage.

It is the sound of a community that can be badly damaged, certainly, but is also committed to already

beginning the rebuild. Though not a tornado enduring a powerful storm, it's devastating effect,

and the subsequent beautiful sounds signaling

the beginning of healing has been witnessed by our family too.

Years ago, on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, all the neighborhood kids played together in the backyard.

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