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Resilient Me
When we learn how to become resilient, we learn how to embrace the beautifully broad spectrum of the human experience.
Jaeda Dewalt
Resilience has been a buzz word for a while now. it was our word of the week at the end of March. We were told that ‘resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties’.
How resilient have we been during this time of uncertainty? This is something I hope we can all reflect on once we return to our ‘normal’ lives, when we congregate again as a Valley Park community.
Resilience can be really complex; it can be about embracing life despite what is thrown at us. It can be about learning from life and using hurtful or bad experiences to better ourselves.
Resilience can also be very simple. It can be in the beauty of nature: the warmth of the sun and the beauty it draws out in its glimmering reflections, the declaration of the daylight by the dawn chorus, the sound of torrential rain on your window when you are tucked up in your bed at night.
Resilience can be in art: in Warhol, in Banksy, in Kahlo or Monet. It can be in your favourite piece of music or your favourite sport. It can be in creativity: painting, making models, keeping diaries or blogs, singing, dancing and acting.
Resilience can be in your family. It can be in spending time chatting and playing games. It can be in a phone call, a text or facetime. It can be in your friends: the laughs, the tears, the memories you build.
Resilience can be about learning not to be judgemental. It can be how you support others who are struggling and how they support you.
Resilience is understanding that every single person on this planet is vulnerable: the rich, the poor, the famous, even those in power with huge responsibilities.
Will you take time in lockdown to stop? To listen? To reflect?
What is your resilience?
