One could reason that Resilience is defined by the ability to fall down and get back up –It’s failure remastered! For anything great that we attempt in life, failure is always a looming possibility. However, some of us were taught to fear failure. Others among us were encouraged to embrace it. Each approach has considerable & predictable consequences The most accomplished people in the world aren’t afraid to fail.
They do it all the time. The fear of failure stages in the way of great accomplishments. It always has. The ability to recognize and adjust to the different seasons of life (without quitting) requires the strength to be able to take a hit, a loss, a big failure or betrayal, and to still keep going with the same goal in sight. The ability to experience betrayal, and not give up hope is no small feat.
Imagine that you finally find the person you love; it takes forever, but you do. Then one day you walk in on them with someone else in their arms. You’ve been betrayed; it’s true, but what story do you tell yourself?
The story you write at that very moment will make the difference between whether or not you choose to love again or bow out of the race altogether. Fear comes in at the thought of telling yourself the wrong story, forgiving too quickly, and being taken advantage of to such an extent that your betrayer does it again.
That doesn’t mean that every marriage or every bond will always survive a major betrayal, but YOU can survive, your relationship with God will survive, and the hope that you live your life with will survive too.
Being resilient is rebounding from disappointment without becoming a part of the problem or incorporating despair.
