Like it or not, one of the great paradoxes of life is that the only permanent thing is change.
And when our friend “change” visits us, he often becomes an uncomfortable guest, arriving without warning when we are least prepared to receive him. We hope he’ll always come with good news and a suitcase full of laughs, joy, and happiness, but we know that it’s usually the opposite: tears, sadness, desolation… tragedy. In other words, a hurricane.
Let’s be honest, most people don’t like like change. Few of us would run through the streets shouting, “Hooray! How exciting! Another change in my life! What joy!” Most of us are afraid of change because it’s unknown and it takes us out of our comfort zone. But as soon as we’re able to accept the way change makes us feel, the simpler it will be to handle it with fortitude.
What can help us to land on our feet when the ground seems to be moving beneath us? It’s all about our spiritual strength and our interior ability to accept with courage what is happening, to recognize the reality before us, and to accommodate, or adapt, our life to the change.
Resilience. We need to make it a way of life, develop it every day, and decide for it in all the changes that come to us. Because life doesn’t stop to ask us, “What would you like to happen today?” Things just happen. And resilience is our secret weapon for rolling with whatever comes our way, like it or not.
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