Together, they tried to identify the characteristics of survivors. In other words, survivors, having seen the worst, are able to lighten up. They have the ability to become so deeply absorbed in an activity or a goal in life that they lose track of time, external events, and worries. I'm going to become absorbed in it, people will wonder about me. That's the beginning of the road to health and wholeness.
Survivors have a child's innocent curiosity.
A basic religious impulse is to be curious about the fact of existence. And Jesus, remember, didn't trust the authorities just because they had written it down, he encouraged this native curiosity. Survivors exhibit a non-judgmental attitude. They feel that, having fought a disease, they have had enough of judgment, and they are more careful about how they spread it around. Survivors exhibit the willingness to look foolish and make mistakes.