Whether internal or outward, the circumstances we’re thrust into invariably shape who webecome, and the mark we make on the world. Here are the stories of three people who’veadapted to exceptionally harsh environments by tapping into untold reserves of imagination andmoral courage: Ed Dwight, a former Air Force pilot who faced insurmountable hostility intraining to become the first African-American astronaut, and later emerged as a world-renowned sculptor whose art honors racial progress; Monther Altiti, a Mercy Corps officer whoendured life-altering trauma while growing up in the Middle East, then created a wildernesstherapy program to provide similarly troubled youth with the same sense of peace he discoveredin nature; and Cecilia McGough, a radio astronomer whose work in astrophysics has granted apowerful escape from the inner chaos of schizophrenia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.