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Sisu
During my stay in the hospital last week, there was a priest who would visit me every day to offer me a blessing and communion. I think his name was Father Tom... but I don't really remember. I remember he was an older man, with a sharp and dry sense of humor, and he made me smile, and it was almost like he understood everything that was going on in my head. He liked to say my name, and he recognized it as Finnish. He said that he knew one Finnish word... "sisu." He said "ask your husband what that word means." I chuckled and said my husband doesn't speak a word of Finnish. He pointed at my computer and said "well, then Google it!" And so I did....
According to Wikepedia:
Sisu is a
Finnish term loosely translated into
English as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity. However, the word is widely considered to lack a proper translation into any language. Sisu has been described as being integral to understanding
Finnish culture. The literal meaning is equivalent in English to "having guts", and the word derives from
sisus, which means something inner or interior. However sisu is defined by a long-term element in it; it is not momentary
courage, but the ability to sustain an action against the odds. Deciding on a course of action and the sticking to that decision against repeated failures is sisu. It is similar to
equanimity, except the
forbearance of
sisu has a grimmer quality of
stress management than the latter. The noun
sisu is related to the adjective
sisukas, one having the quality of
sisu.
Do you think he was trying to give me a message?
