In talking to someone who is redefining the word ‘resilience’ for themselves, I realized something interesting. I had always understood and defined resilience as a quality of being ‘unchangeable’ – like no matter what you ‘throw’ at something/someone, if they are resilient, it doesn’t affect them in any way, shape or form. However, in walking the process of redefining the word ‘resilience’ with another, what came up is that resilience refers to something else, where it is not so much about ‘not being affected’ or ‘not changing’ – but it’s about being able to bounce back quickly and effectively. Then, in playing with the sound of the word – you can hear re-silence; bringing yourself back to silence. So, that opened up a cool way to live the word ‘resilience’ in looking at:
How quickly you can catch yourself when you are in a reaction?
What are the factors that affect how long it will take for you to correct yourself when you’re already aware of the fact that you have been/are reactive?
Why is it that sometimes, after seeing the point and committing to the solution, there is still still a ‘bitter aftertaste’ where you don’t immediately ‘bounce back’ to living fully?
In looking at these points with someone else, that process actually opened up for myself as well – which is how walking as a group is supportive for every member in it – because you never know how someone else’s process and the points they are looking at, will benefit you personally as well – and vice versa. So, this is a short introductory post. In my coming posts I’ll share about the specific points that have been opening up!