Resilience
According to legend, Thomas Alva Edison made thousands of prototypes of the incandescent light bulb before he finally got it right. And, since the prolific inventor was awarded more than 1,000 patents, it’s easy to imagine him failing on a daily basis in his lab at Menlo Park. In spite of struggling with “failure” throughout his entire working life, Edison never let it get the best of him. All of these “failures,” which are reported to be in the tens of thousands, simply showed him how not to invent something. His resilience gave the world some of the most amazing inventions of the early 20th century, such as the phonograph, the telegraph, and the motion picture. It’s hard to imagine what our world would be like if Edison had given up after his first few failures. His inspiring story forces us to look at our own lives.
do we have the resilience that we need to overcome our challenges? Or do we let our failures derail our dreams? And what could we accomplish if we had the strength not to give up? How do people deal with difficult events that change their lives?
The death of a loved one, loss of a job, serious illness, terrorist attacks and other traumatic events, these are all examples of very challenging life experiences. Many people react to such circumstances with a flood of strong emotions and a sense of uncertainty. Yet people generally adapt well over time to life-changing situations and stressful conditions.
What enables them to do so? It involves resilience, an ongoing process that requires time and effort and engages people in taking a number of steps. Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity. It is a necessary skill for coping with life’s inevitable obstacles and one of the key ingredients to success. Learning to bounce back and to bounce forward.
Examples of challenges some young people may face where resiliency skills are essential: physical illness, change of school, transitioning from primary school to high school , change in family make up (divorce, break up), change of friendship group, conflict with peers, conflict with family. One thing that really makes us less resilient is when we go into situations ,wanting or expecting particular outcome. When we �want� something in this way we end up in a position of weakness that leaves us feeling empty.
Then if things go awry, our minds take off on a tangent and there is nothing we feel we can do to stop the spin cycle we get stuck in. Resilience is our ability to regain original form and to thrive and fulfill potential in spite of adversity. or difficult circumstances.When life situations get out of kilter, it is the one quality and skill we need most to get us through the difficult times.
To be resilient means we are able to remain stable and function in the face of disruption and chaos. It means we can continue with every day tasks, remain balanced, and bounce back quickly from hard times. Resilience can be described as an emotional muscle which we all posses to some degree. With determination and practice we can develop and strengthen it even further.
Resilience is important for a number of reasons; it enables us to develop mechanisms for protection against experiences which could be overwhelming, it helps us to maintain balance inour lives during difficult or stressful periods of time, and can also protect us from the development of some mental health difficulties and issues..
Life is usually filled with tension, strain, rush and pressure at work and at home. This state of affairs makes the mind even more restless, and attracts more thoughts into the mind.Problems, difficulties, fears, worries and hurt feelings increase the mental restlessness and lack of inner peace.
At these times, you become acutely aware of the lack of inner peace and the need for some mental silence Humans are the most highly evolved of all living beings, and thus have the unique intellectual capacity to resolve the problems and overcome the difficulties that confront them within their environment and their destiny.
Therefore, they are the only creatures on earth that are in a position to comprehend the course of events and their inter-relationship, and to feel sympathy and understanding for others.
However, innately, there also exists an even more wonderful and miraculous potential, the existence of which is hidden from most of us. As we begin to activate this inner energy source we can utilize these dormant powers for our own well-being and for the blessing of the whole world.
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