Resilience is a muscle

Resilience is a muscle. It needs to be developed. Some people are born with more resilience than other people, but resilience has to be built through training to get the most use out of it. Just like a muscle its use it or lose it. All of us have been put into a position that requires us to call upon our resilience reserve. If you have had to practice being resilient in the past, then your “muscle memory” will take over. If you didn’t have the reason to build your resilience before you got sick, then you have to work a little harder in the throes of illness to build your resilience. But it is doable.

I’ve had a lot of practice being resilient. None of the reasons for that practice do I ever want to repeat, but they make me who I am. I have written with so much optimism that I’m almost reluctant to post my writing. I know that I am able to be optimistic because I have had practice being resilient. I didn’t do this on my own. I have a therapist who I consider my resiliency coach. I have this writing group that is my training team. I have my family and friends I call my cheerleading team. I’m going to be okay!

Denise