Curious about resilience

"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and trying new things, because we are curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.", Walt Disney In Lewis Carroll's famous "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" Alice is confronted with a series of unexpected and challenging situations. It all starts with her following a hasty rabbit into a rabbit hole. She ends up at the bottom of the rabbit hole and spots a beautiful garden behind a very little door. Yet, she quickly realises that she will not fit through that door and starts exploring the rabbit hole. Trudie Schils department of Macro International and Labour Economics, Maastricht University School of Business and Economics Alice finds a bottle with some liquid and after some mental processing, she drinks from the bottle. She unexpectedly starts shrinking and gets very excited as she will now fit through the door that allows her to explore the gorgeous garden. However, her excitement turns into despair as she realises that she left the key on the table, and she is now too small to reach it.