Characteristics of a Resilient Person. Do You Have Them? Find Inspiration to Develop These Qualities in Your Personality.
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A Resilient Individual Defined, Is This You?
1. Flexibility
2. Toughness
3. Hopefulness
4. Positive Feelings
5. Positive Thoughts
Other Definitions:
1. Marked by the ability to recover readily, as from misfortune.
A resilient personality is best for dealing with stress and adversity.
In this economy a resilient personality is a must to keep yourself from going crazy.
Learn from the Swamp Reed
The phragmites australis is the predominant member of the plant family known as "poaceae." For the majority of us who are not botanists, we refer to this "phragmites australis" simply as "reeds." These relatively typical plants are commonly found in wet, shallow swamps and marshes. However, as average and "normal" as these plants appear to be, they possess an element that every human would do well to learn from.
What is this element? It's the element of resilience.
The reed displays the exact definition of resilience. The reed bends and bows with the intense gust of wind, but maintains its sure footing. As soon as the wind falters, it springs back to its healthy upright position, more alive and thriving then ever before.
Resilience is the ability to readily return to an original shape after misfortune, illness, or hardship; and the ability to cope with changes in your life.
When "Things" Just Go Wrong
Have you ever found yourself waking up on the "wrong" side of your bed? Have you ever found everything to be moving the opposite direction of the direction you wanted things to be heading? Well, you are the reed here, bending and blowing in the intense gusts of life. How is your ability to cope in these circumstances? Is your day ruined?
Whether or not your day will be ruined depends on one thing. Resilience. For some people, the day was doomed from the moment the person jumped from bed. However, a resilient person would simply bend with the wind, holding to his foundation, and focusing on what really matters in life. Like the reed, this resilient person would adjust to the surrounding circumstances enabling him to move ahead and thrive in life no matter the current circumstances.
The Main Three Elements of a Resilient Person!
This article will focus on the three elements a resilient person is careful to maintain in his life. Specifically, we will discuss the maintenance of our spiritual well being, the maintenance of our mental well being, and the maintenance of our bodily well being.
1. Tending to Our Spiritual Well being
1. Tending to our spiritual well being.
One of the most important things to do when tending to your spiritual well being is quite simply, to breath. This sounds like a redundant prerequisite for living, but take a moment right now to pause -- Without extending your stomach, slowly thrust your chest outward as you take the deepest breath you possibly can, filling every square inch of your lungs with invigorating, spiritual air.
Take the time to commit yourself to something meaningful in life. Commit yourself to the well-being of your children, your spouse, your health, or making people happy. Be compassionate to people. No matter how bad your day is going, caring about the countless miserable souls in life who are worse off than you will help you to keep your life in perspective.
2. Tend to Your Mental Well-being
2. Tend to your mental well-being
Is your day organized? What are you hoping to accomplish today? Make sure to organize your day so that the important things you must attended to are accomplished early in the day while you are still fresh. Getting the tedious tasks accomplished early in your day will ensure that you are not drained by the end of the day.
Take time to be peaceful. Your tasks can easily blind you due to your lack of "life," or other things around you that you should be aware of. Don't get so busy that you ignore what's going on around you, as that will have unwelcome consequences.
Make room in your schedule to allow for the unforeseen happenings in your day. Many things in your day may take significantly longer than you planned, so making time for these larger tasks will help you stay on schedule, and will help you remain mentally calm.
3. Tend to Your Bodily Well being
3. Tend to your bodily well being.
Make sure to achieve balance in your life. Balance work with recreation. If your job requires you to sit behind a desk answering phones all day, take time to partake in something active after work. If your job requires you to be active, take time after work to relax.
Make sure to give your body frequent breaks during the day. Stretch frequently. If you have ben staring at a computer for several hours, give your eyes a break by focusing at a point far away for a few minutes to relax your eyes.
"Worms will not eat living wood where the vital sap is flowing:
Rust will not hinder the opening of a gate when hinges are used each day;
Movement gives health and life.
Stagnation brings disease and death."
-proverb in traditional Chinese Medicine
Fuel your body. Obviously, your body need food and water to function. When you awake in the morning, you are starting off your day on a 8-10 hour fast. You're starved and dehydrated. Make sure not to get busy with something without eating anything. Not only is this not healthy, but you will also suddenly find yourself famished, and will spend the rest of the day lounging on a couch eating junk food.
So there we have it. Tending to your spiritual, mental, and bodily well being. Balance these three things in your life to ensure that you will be able to effectively thrive and lead a resourceful life no matter the curve balls thrown your way.
Resilience and Self Esteem Go Hand in Hand
Now You Can Break The Chains Of Your Low Self-Esteem... Even When Your Situation Seems Hopeless!
If you're feeling hemmed-in, frustrated, feeling unworthy about yourself and generally lost your zest-for-life, then take heart...
...because it IS possible to learn to like yourself again,
boost your self-confidence and develop your resilience to the trials and tribulations of life.
Some Good News...
The fact is, feeling good about yourself, feeling worthy
and that you are actually making a difference in the world -- can be learned.
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How We Become What We Are!
"Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Are they positive, or do they tend to be negative?
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Are your words up-building, or do they work to tear down in some way?
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Are you the person people seek out, or do they tend to avoid you?
Watch your habits, for they become character.
What are you known by with your peers?
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny."
It's Your Life, How are you going to live it?
When the day comes that you will be eulogized, will there be an outflowing of words, or will they search to find words?
It is all up to us now while we can to be the resilient individual that God gave us the qualities to achieve.
DISCOVER THE AMAZING SECRET TO EMOTIONAL FREEDOM
Pathway to Becoming Resilient
When you reach your EMOTIONAL FREEDOM you will:
* Reach emotional intelligence,
you can harness the power of your emotions
* Emotional intelligence makes you resilient
* Free you of anxiety, panic attacks, phobias and OCD permanently
* Quickly and completely eliminate
your underlying anxieties and fears
* Helps you cope better in stressful situations
* Allow your phobias and obsessions to fade away
* Teach you to start thinking positively
and the way for taking the correct decisions
* Stop you from obsessing about your health
and thinking for impossibility to do things right
* Allow you to move forward with life
and face exciting challenges
* Improves your self-esteem and confidence
* Teach you how to feel what you want when you want it
* Helps you cope better in stressful situations
* Strengthens your Immune System
and reduces the risk of certain diseases
* Strengthen your relationships
* Succeed at work
* Brings inner peace, happiness and a sense of well-being
* Motivates you to accomplish your goals
* Helps you have greater inner strength and energy
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Laughing - Find the Humor
If you can find the way to start laughing, you are well on your way to bouncing back from a stressful, negative situation.
Finding humor in stressful situations doesn't mean you're in denial.
Humor is a helpful coping mechanism.
If you can't find any humor in a situation, I think of this movie. Forrest Gump
Yes, When I want away from a situation I say to myself, "Run, Forrest!---Run!!!"
I start laughing and see things in a new perspective.
Try it yourself and let me know if it works for you as well.
What Can You Add to Help? or Provide a Positve Experience
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JaguarJulie Apr 27, 2012 @ 10:29 am | delete
- You know, you have hit upon an important quality ... resilience ... I do believe that Squidoo teaches us to embrace that quality every day!
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SPhilbrick Jan 25, 2012 @ 4:38 pm | delete
- As you expressed with the reed analogy, I think we all "struggle" far more than we need to. Paddling upstream is hard work.
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karmicchristian
Sep 22, 2011 @ 1:00 am | delete
- Wonderful lens! Very well presented. Good day to you. :)
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Swisstoons
Sep 21, 2011 @ 10:15 am | delete
- An excellent lens!
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Tolovaj
Jun 21, 2011 @ 7:47 pm | delete
- I also like saying Seize the day! Well written lens, thanks.
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Beautiful-Bridal
May 13, 2011 @ 7:04 am | delete
- Lots of great information here. Thank you for the great tips!
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sousababy
Apr 27, 2011 @ 11:25 pm | delete
- Very nicely spelled out. I believe we can all be resilient and need to learn this skill. Great job!
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bames24
Apr 16, 2011 @ 2:43 am | delete
- great advice... excellent lens... :)
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LeanneChesser Apr 1, 2011 @ 12:27 pm | delete
- Excellent lens on resiliency - - blessed!
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lestroischenes Apr 1, 2011 @ 4:42 am | delete
- Sadly, don't seem to be all that resilient. Must take your good advice.
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