RESILIENCE

“𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆: 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒐𝒎, 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒚, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌.” ― 𝑬𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔, 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆

Resilience is the ability to bounce back after setbacks in life. Resilient people have mastered the art of going past what has hit them, growing, and thriving in face of adversities and change.

I am 56 years old, and I cannot think of a time in my life when things were just calm and smooth. There’s always something happening, sometimes more stressful, more tragic, than others, but something is always happening that affects my life.

Sometimes I sit back and ask myself why this is like that. My motto is that life happens, some things you can control, others you can’t, and you must make the best out of those you cannot control so that you may survive. It is not the end of the world yet.

To be resilient you have to;

Be intentional in everything that you do.

Do not make decisions irrationally.

Be engaged in habits of success because you will always be challenged.

Be prepared for battle, both big and small.

Make sure you always have your visions and goals in focus.

If you do not accept life’s challenges, you will never know how resilient you are or your abilities in face of adversity.

The more challenged you are the better you build your level of resilience. In time you will be able to do more and do it with grace, peace, and effectiveness. You become empowered to navigate challenges, succeed, survive, and thrive.

Be resilient.

I know some of you are going through a lot of pain currently.

You may have lost everything you ever worked for.

Some of you have lost your children in the process and someone else is with them.

You may have lost your job in the process due what has been going on in your life.

Your husband may be living with another woman and completely neglecting you and your children who are also his children.

You may be going through grief of not just one loss, but multiple loses.

All I want to tell you is that you are stronger than you think if you are reading this.

Be resilient.

Say to yourself that it is a major blow, but you will find a way out. Get a support system. Be determined not to repeat your mistakes again. Tell yourself that you will survive this. You can start over. Get yourself a coach to walk with you.

A coach will help you move on, be your cheerleader and provide focus. A coach will give you a mirror to help you look inside and find the untapped potential and possibilities that you have in order to move forward and thrive.

“𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕.”― 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝑽𝒓𝒚𝒆, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆

“𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒊𝒕.” ― 𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒂 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒖