Resilience

Often I’ve quoted a young girls version of what resilience means, a promise to yourself never to give up. I refuse to live with regrets. Can’t do anything about the past but you can do something about your now and your future.

I often meditate on that definition. Years ago I made myself this promise and I struggle with balancing this promise with discipline and grit.

Sometimes I feel I’m using the promise not to exercise grit and discipline. Yet, other times I exercise the promise to know that I need better from me and for me.

When you exercise a promise to do the best for you and you’re married and have kids, the promise becomes a sort of an umbrella. The promise never to give up encompasses your family as well.

Major decisions and actions affect others. One has to realize this and take into account the fact that there’s a very thin line between exercising resilience and exercising ones ego. One must truly meditate, think, ponder and pray about how to and when to exercise resilience.

Resilience is likely the most important promise you’ll ever make to yourself and your family. Never give up on yourself, on expecting the best for you and from you, on accepting nothing but greatness for your life and your family.