Once we learn to trust our emotions, we become more skilled at noticing and attending to our resistance. We relax a bit and find our balance more quickly. Pain and tension subsides. Our calmer mind translates the emotional message and figures out how best to respond to the situation at hand.
This is my resilience pie chart. Each slice of pie shows a plot twist of my life story. The key experiences that made me more bendable and less breakable. You have them, too. It’s your own custom-made curriculum in resilience. My chart doesn’t have happy moments. I’ve had many of those. Earning my doctorate. Starting my first
Alone in my own house, while the virus surges through the country, my mind wanders to dark places. Will my father’s care community become a hotspot? What if the economy goes so far south our family loses everything? What If one of us has to die alone? What if, what if, what if? This pandemic thing is