When you feel life has kicked you in the butt, how to you come back from that? How do you step up and start over after the wind has been knocked out of your sail? When trauma hits it can debilitate a person for a long time. One reason this happens is fear. There you were riding along in life and you thought you had a good handle on things when whoosh!! Suddenly things changed and you found yourself in a foreign land and unsure how to start again. You became fearful, because you thought you knew the way and now you may feel you know nothing. You have no idea of how to pick up the pieces and start again. The strange thing about this, is life continues to go on despite the crash that has occurred in your life. When a tragedy happens, we often feel as if life itself should stop, but of course, it continues to march right on, with us included. We move on and take the tragic event with us as part of our life experience and if we learn from it, we grow, but if not we stagnate and then into despair and possibly anger.
Being resilient is moving on, life has changed and so must you. You cannot go back, you must move forward. Take the experience with you and GROW on.
Here are a few quotes to help you change your thought process and then some articles to help you on your way.
It's not the situation. It's your reaction to the situation.
• Robert Conklin
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.”
― Mother Teresa
If you can't fly, then run.
If you can't run, then walk.
If you can't walk, then crawl.
But whatever you do, keep moving.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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