Building Resilience in a Changing World
The word “Building Resilience in a Changing World” simply refers to an individual or objects capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties.
Difficulties/challenges can sometimes seem overwhelming and life altering but an individual’s ability to withstand, confront and surpass every obstacle is what makes anybody stronger and builds resilience.
The world as we know it is changing daily, new technologies, new methods, different methodology, new patterns of thinking, etc. and in order to adapt we must adopt new behaviours and be willing to learn, relearn and unlearn daily.
“If you show yourself lacking courage on the day of distress, your strength is meager.” – Proverbs 24;10 (NASB).
Our reactions when we face adversity can be a reflection of how resilient we are; some people find out they are stronger than they thought, some realize they are not as strong as they initially thought while others begin to see life differently.
Often times, life hits us with challenges, obstacles, failures, and even loss; in those moments life looks gloom and so bleak and we feel we cannot move on. But every day we find it easier to move on with less grief, worry and heartbreaks and realize that emotions only make us human.
“There hath no temptation taken you but such is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye be able to bear it.” – 1 Corinthians 10:13(KJV).
During the covid pandemic a lot of people realized a new way of living and that life as we know it can change in minutes. Individuals discovered new businesses, new faith, and built new relationships to adapt to that way of life for that season. It was not an easy period but it showed how resilient we humans can be in the face of any adversity.
God gave every human being the ability to be resilient in order to build ourselves physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. We therefore must choose to live a resilient life ready to face the unknown with fresh hope, embracing change and welcoming new ideas daily.
Every stage we find ourselves in life requires different levels of resilience and to succeed and move to the next stage we must build our resilience levels.
- As a single lady or gentleman you must build resilience in order to break old relationships and be willing to build new ones.
- As a wife or husband you must build resilience in staying faithful to your partner forsaking all others.
- As a parent you must be resilient in training your children; advising, scolding, punishing, pushing and praising as the need arises.
As Elizabeth Edwards said “Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it is less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you have lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that is good”.
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NNEAMAKA OGINI
Board of Director,
Keeping Marriage Alive Initiative (KMAI).
CEO – Bloglow Event Services.
