Something about traveling makes me extra reflective. Here is my TPA - CMH brain dump:
My job teaches me a lot every single day. This week, a theme seems to be the idea of resilience. Humans as a whole are incredibly resilient. We persevere through heartache, confusion, and illness. We fight disease and we walk through failure. We work on teams that change, we work on projects that get cut, we get caught in the rain, and through it all, often without thinking, we just keep.on.going. We run marathons, heal from broken bones, and overcome all kinds of loss. We adjust, we fight, and we place one foot in front of the other - no matter how small the step. Have you ever stopped to think about how incredible that is? (Go ahead and do that…) What teaches us to be that way? Some of it is just human nature and the way our bodies naturally function - wild, huh? Physical resilience is nothing short of a miracle but it is something we can only influence. Often we don't hold the control.
What spurs us on though when the more emotional situations occur? Are we intrinsically resilient psychologically? I tend to think that we are not - at least not entirely. I'm learning that it is important to identify what helps you to be this way though. Find out what helps you keep on and make sure to always have it close. Who do you want to call when you've had a stressful day? What is the first thing you want to do when you get home? What hobbies and interests have followed you from one place to another? Those are the things that really speak to our souls and help us to know that if our entire world changed tomorrow, we would make it through.
One of our greatest tools, in my opinion, are relationships with other resilient people. We all need people who can tell from just a "hello" what kind of day we are having. We need people who can remind us how persistent we have been in the past and can reassure us that it won't stop now. Once you find them though, make your thankfulness known and do not let them get too far. These people make us stronger. They lighten our loads and sometimes even carry it for us when it feels too heavy. I guess you could call that resilience in numbers and that is pretty powerful.
What happens when resilience is gone? When that one person that knows you the most just walks away with out looking back? Do you go after them or do you just let them go and let faith find a new person to take over? How much power does resilience have over our mind? Is resilience just a small portion of or faith ? Sometimes having that resilience makes us forget about the little things. That one spot where you can go and ease your mind and forget about all the obstacles in your life, that one song that reminds you of either a horrible situation or the best memory in your life. Those little things happen because we let them happen. Faith is just that... is the power that we have no control over what occurs but what the outcome is of the situation.
ReplyDeleteHave you noticed the power behind the steps you take? Every step that you talk changes your life. A step forward can help you open your eyes to new experiences. A step backwards will remind you of where you have been and where you are going. A step to the side allows you to give someone else the chance to walk in your shoes. But what happens when you take the wrong step, well you take a risk, you will either fall or continue walking. But if you fall then whats going to help you stand back up? Resilience? or Faith?