Resilience is all about being tough.
It’s about bouncing back as quickly as possible from hard times.
This is a great quality to have. It’s just that sometimes life hits us so hard that it’s impossible to bounce back.
When it comes to the deepest things, we humans are less like tennis balls and more like delicate glass ornaments.
We break easily.
Resilience is impressive but it requires nothing of us. Tennis balls can bounce, but they remain tennis balls.
Spiritual resilience is how we learn to put the broken pieces back together. It’s a much slower and more painful process because it involves death and rebirth.
And what is birthed isn’t anything like what you had before.
It’s the beautiful way of life.
It humbles us, breaks us, remakes us.
We go through this process many times in our lives. There’s no way to stop it or avoid it.
Want to be more spiritually resilient? Slow down. Go within. Surrender to the process.
And allow yourself to be changed from the inside out.
WOW! I wanted more! This post is powerful and full of wisdom.
Thanks Eva…it’s all I could come up with 🙂
That’s OK… always keep your “audience” wanting more…
Thanks for posting, Cylon.
As you say, this seems to be a continuous process of breaking and trying to rebuild. Quite painful and wearing. Trying to find a better, simpler and more useful plan.
Thank you.
Wishing you and your family well.
Very much a continuous process! Wishing you well also.