Evening Yoga Poses
A good half of the art of living 15 resilience.” I have learned that feeling fulfilled in life does not come down to happiness but to resilience Life is forever changing and evolving, we experience ups and downs, highs and lows, successes and failures, progress and setbacks and the only constant that remains is change itself. We may at times feel powerless in the face of change, whether it’s global issues of sustainability, health and wealth, the food crisis or simply the challenges we face within ourselves But the one choice we always have in life is how we choose to act and show up in response to what is presented before us
First I want to clarify that resilience is not about strength We have become very accustomed to being ‘tough’ or ‘strong when difficulty arises and what I’ve witnessed happening in doing so is that we lose our ability to be vulnerable, to feel and to be honest with ourselves Look at the world around us and you’ll see many of us have become numb to the truth of what’s happening The same goes for what is taking place internally. I
Resilience is about having the ability to be fluid, to accept what is here now, without shame or judgment and instead with a sense of flexibility and buoyancy go with the flow and find the next step out, through or forward from the present challenge
Where we get stuck is when we become rigid by the expectations of what we think we ‘should’ be experiencing, should be doing or how we should be behaving When we distrust our own intuition and instead seek for the sometimes tllusive. authoritative voice that tells us right from wrong. When shame creeps in over our expenence and we feel like something is wrong with us, or that we are a victim to life When we get stuck in the ‘why is this happening to me? It is in these moments where we handover our power, forego the chance to grow and imprison ourselves between the bars of impossibility. Here, resilience has no chance.
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So how do we cultivate resiliente?
We must first accept what is here in the moment. Accepting, as well as surrendering, isn’t about being passive though, it’s about allowing what is true in this moment to just be and asking ourselves can what this is be ok? From acceptance it’s looking at what is present and seeing what are the ways in which we can work with it. Life is a relationship, it’s a dance, it’s a constant conversation and we have to be willing to engage with it if we want to create positive change and feel empowered within it When we have options, choice – even if that next step or choice is unknown – and the feeling that we can be open, fluid and trusting within the unknown, we build resilience.
The saying life is what you make of it is very true but most often it’s not what we do but how we are being that makes it We may look at what is happening around the world and feel hopeless or powerless and perhaps that translates into our personal lives as well, but it is only hopeless and powerless if we take away our natural ability to be involved m it After all we do co-create our lives. Life can happen to us if we give up but it can also easily happen with us if we choose to dance with it.
We can make great change, whether it’s on a global level or in our own homes The power of our resiliency even in the face of great suffering, illness, pain and challenge is beyond what we sometimes allow ourselves to believe is possible.
So we have to ask ourselves, will I choose to reside in resilience or get stuck in suffering? It is our choice and our choice alone. This isn’t about being positive, or an optimist, this is about choosing life, about accepting the only constant which is change and about becoming that change we wish to see in the world.
