WOW: Resilience - Tuesday

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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   Whether or not you believe in an almighty Creator, you've got to admit...we humans are miraculous little creatures.  We are built to withstand all sorts of trauma and tribulation.  There are pieces of us that bruise and break and bleed.  There are pieces that replace damage. Pieces that heal like new. Pieces that scar. There are pieces that protect us from external forces. Even pieces that absorb shocks.  

   
   

   And in those of us who have learned to become resilient, there are pieces stronger than ever.  Pieces that allowed for pain or trauma...processed through...and still kept going.   Pieces that never stopped growing.  Pieces of hope. 

   
   

   Because, you see, there's something of a symbiotic relationship between hope and resilience.  Hope encourages future resilience.   Past resilience blossoms into hope.  The two coexist and feed one another, so that when your other resources are down for the count, you can still choose forward motion. 

   
   

   Allowing for resilience is like tapping into limitless reserves of power.  Harnessing hope and bending around that which might otherwise break you.  You'll come out on the other side smarter, stronger, and able to withstand so much more than you ever guessed.  But in order to be resilient, you must first be hopeful.  

   
   

   The thing is...

   You already are.

   You were made that way.

   
   

   There's nothing stronger than I.  Nothing stronger than you. 

   It's just a matter of being soft and malleable enough to change with the problems that arise. 

   It's a matter of choosing to be hopeful.

   It's a choice to be resilient.