“The Oak fought the wind and was broken, the
willow bent when it must and survived” By: Robert Jordan~ imagine the great oak
tree, so many years old could not withstand the mighty winds of the storm. The
oak tree thought iam the strongest and the biggest tree in the forest; I can
withstand any storm that comes my way, for my roots are deep and iam the mighty
OAK. now imagine the weeping willow, delicate and beautiful she is, she blows
in the wind.
She gives shelter to those who sit in her
shade, she weeps many tears, for all those who have lost years struggling in
pain, and yet many thought she will not be able to withstand, the storm is
coming. she will surely break, but that
she did not, she swayed in the wind, her branches bent, yet she did not break,
no matter how hard that wind blew. She stood her ground.
Resilient people do
not let adversity define who they are. We may say or we may feel or think im
not resilient I could never be……, but every time you don’t let depression win, every time you
press on and fight the good fight, you demonstrate perseverance and resilience.
We all can show this resilience does not always mean you feel strong or never
feel pain, it means you don’t let that pain overtake you and bring you down to
its level, your ise above. You keep fighting the good fight, even when our
minds say give up and the world says give in, we say NO, and we show the world
what were made of Strength beyond all compare.
“When darkness falls, beauty is lit from within” by Jonathan
Jena
Some of the most
strongest individuals are the ones who have gone through the most pain, who have cried the bitterest tears and have
overcome the most heart wrenching adversity, that’s strength from within.
Resilient people do not walk between the raindrops, they do not say ive never
felt that way, they have battle wounds to show where they been and what they
have been through.
There have been many
times ive wanted to give up. Ive dealt with depression for so long, on the
other side of the coin I deal with chronic pain for I have multiple diseases
that are very painful and that brings circumstantial depression into the
picture too. Only by Gods grace do I have the strength to get out of bed and
put one foot in front of the other, not let my past at my worst come to the
surface again. It’s a battle, but let me tell ya I have those battle wounds
inside and out. God has given me the strength to press and to share my story
this openly and freely. Each time I fall, I get back in the saddle again.
One small step is
huge each small victory is worth celebrating. We need to think of it in this way.
We are not being resilient; we are resilient. It’s like that quote what doesn’t
kill you, just makes you stronger. Shift your focus of your thinking it’s a process
one were all on. When life starts to wear you down again think of how far you’ve
come YOU my friend are courageous, resilient and its about time, you start seeing
yourself through these eyes!
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