27 March, 2015

WOW: Resilience - Friday


A quick refresher: 
Resilience:
re·sil·ience
rəˈzilyəns/
noun
noun: resilience; plural noun: resiliences
  1. 1
    the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity.
    "nylon is excellent in wearability and resilience"
  2. 2
    the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
    "the often remarkable resilience of so many British institutions"
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    Resilience, it seems, requires an open mind and accepting spirit.  It's the idea of taking something bad, or something that turned out all wrong and either finding good in it or discovering a way to use it to build something good.  

    Resilience is being open to the possibilities and accepting the realities.

    To some extent, resilience goes against our nature.  We're programmed to grasp tightly to the way things are and the way we want them to be.  Loosening that hold can be difficult and painful.  We often equate it with failure.  But the truth is, we can only grow if we are willing to look past the original plan.  Resilience is allowing for changes in the plans and in yourself. 





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