Never Let Go Of The Rope

 

The recent Covid-19 pandemic did hit us hard BUT if it was a blessing in disguise after all, it gave many of us the singular opportunity to manifest our resilience in the midst of challenging times.  Living and existing through those years with that constant threat of the virus, it did cause an enormous impact on everyone's mental health.  Cases of anxiety and even depression did shoot up everywhere  BUT most of us Never Let Go Of The Rope adapting well to those unexpected debacles in the face of tragedy, trauma, threats OR even myriad sources of stress through those years.  And for some WHO did fail in facing those debacles, they were sometimes surprised HOW the 'survivors' had that RESILIENCE📗📙📘

Many [wrongly] thought that RESILIENCE was something deep 'INSIDE' a person.  NO sirrrrrrsss.  It NEVER was and NEVER will it be.  Instead, it is a process influenced as much OR more by factors 'outside' the person that can lead to better health.  YES YES yow, almost everyone of us did show some evidence of RESILIENCE at least in a few domains.  BUT with the Covid-19 pandemic behind us now, the researchers went on to clinically find out HOW did many of us get through things via RESILIENCE💥💥💥

And this is WHERE practicing acceptance can take work to lead us towards RESILIENCE.  YES dude, acceptance is key like accepting that everyone is just human [and that includes yourself and myself].   IF there is a caveat here, it is the NOT so obvious fact that for us humans, things will NOT always be perfect💧💧💧

For those alone in life, that meant accepting solitude and for some survivors, I had that rare privilege to hear straight from one survivor WHO admitted that he learned to spend more time with himself and to appreciate the things that he DIDN'T before.  And it is indeed important to acknowledge the stress a typical situation can cause before a person can truly accept it and YES, acceptance is a process✅✅✅

Our takeaway:  I learnt this lesson in one of my past trainings from a circuit guru who introduced me to that POSITIVE APPRAISAL approach.  Simply put, it means reframing a negative event in a positive way.  Like shifting from thinking about WHAT that pandemic prevented you from doing to focusing on WHAT it meant you can do like reading OR cooking more.  At the end of the day, let us NEVER LET GO OF THE ROPE, whatever lies ahead down the road❗❗❗