Resiliency. I think it’s something we’re born with. It’s ours to use and develop. It’s the ability to bounce back after a defeat. Or to successfully adapt to unplanned change. Resiliency is key to navigating midlife reinvention.
If you’re resilient, you’re likely to possess a positive demeanor. You make lemonade out of those lemons!
If you’ve ever lost the feeling of being resilient (it happens to us all), how do you get it back?
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Well, first, being resilient means a bit more than just making lemonade from those lemons. Personally, I like to make the lemonade, then plant the seeds to make even more lemons, then I take the rinds of the lemons and put them in the trash compactor to keep it smelling fresh and then I . . . You get the point. The same way we have to stretch sometimes to make a bad day a little better, we should do the same when things are already going well. Always take it a little further than *just enough*. In that way, I find, when I am feeling a bit less bounce-backable than usual, I’ve already planted the seeds (just like with those lemons) for future positivity to assist with that resilience.
Good post, Lisa ~ concise but thoughtful.