{"id":282,"date":"2012-03-14T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enrilemoine.com\/2012\/03\/14\/bouncing-back-a-recipe-for-resilience\/"},"modified":"2018-03-12T22:57:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T02:57:30","slug":"bouncing-back-a-recipe-for-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enrilemoine.com\/en\/2012\/03\/14\/bouncing-back-a-recipe-for-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"Bouncing back, a recipe for resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ocDJ0NnS7Bk\/T1UJUBpnimI\/AAAAAAAAHf8\/XTEVIOpEgPQ\/s1600\/DSC07789.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ocDJ0NnS7Bk\/T1UJUBpnimI\/AAAAAAAAHf8\/XTEVIOpEgPQ\/s640\/DSC07789.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Resilience is the ability, or capability, of bouncing back when you face extreme situations: a terminal illness, abruptly losing your job or significant other, a natural disaster\u2026\u00a0It\u2019s not education, experience, training or intuition that explains resilience. Resilience is tied to the understanding and acceptance of reality: the facts, the problem. Resilience is related to a strong and deep belief that life is meaningful and worth living, no matter what. Resilience has to do with the ability of reinventing yourself no matter the adversity.<br \/>\n<a name=\"more\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-mKk9PnWXm3E\/T1UJYny66LI\/AAAAAAAAHgE\/rrxI-DuNqu8\/s1600\/DSC07791.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-mKk9PnWXm3E\/T1UJYny66LI\/AAAAAAAAHgE\/rrxI-DuNqu8\/s640\/DSC07791.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The ability to see reality, no matter how devastating, is followed by the ability to build and find meaning in terrible situations. Instead of asking why me, you ask why not and what can I learn from this situation. By doing this, you envision a future, different than the current situation.\u00a0Making adversity meaningful helps to move forward: it helps to better deal with troubles; it helps to manage the present to reinvent yourself and create a different, promising, hopeful future.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-CvpkJudcsyU\/T1UJbtluYMI\/AAAAAAAAHgM\/KB0m3W2oICg\/s1600\/DSC07790.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-CvpkJudcsyU\/T1UJbtluYMI\/AAAAAAAAHgM\/KB0m3W2oICg\/s640\/DSC07790.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Why am I writing all this stuff? Because I have been having the hardest time in my life and, for moments, I have felt alone, helpless and hopeless. \u00a0But I know I can find my own answers, set boundaries between me and adversity; laugh and make fun of this situation; create from chaos and get closer to those I truly love.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3C8oZ1HBrig\/T1UJfuEuNSI\/AAAAAAAAHgY\/Y_kEDs5CEoA\/s1600\/DSC07788.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3C8oZ1HBrig\/T1UJfuEuNSI\/AAAAAAAAHgY\/Y_kEDs5CEoA\/s640\/DSC07788.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Because I\u2019m a warrior, I\u2019m resilient and I don\u2019t give up.\u00a0Because there\u2019s a phoenix inside me, I\u2019m finding my way to heal and rebirth and resurface.\u00a0Because life is beautiful and too short, I\u2019m bouncing back, counting my blessings, cooking, writing, gardening, laughing, listening to the music I love, loving, enjoying my kids \u2014my wonderful kids, my private pair of miracles\u2014, even liking basketball, working and dreaming and having something to look forward!\u00a0Because I\u2019m alive and life is beautiful and I\u2019m enjoying it!<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6zntrY3p-4k\/T1UJrnyZHCI\/AAAAAAAAHgg\/n6oqB31WRQE\/s1600\/IMG_3438.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-6zntrY3p-4k\/T1UJrnyZHCI\/AAAAAAAAHgg\/n6oqB31WRQE\/s640\/IMG_3438.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"yes","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"2141","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"resilience","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-inspiration","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"spectra_custom_meta":{"blogger_blog":["enrilemoine.com"],"blogger_author":["Enriqueta E. 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