Resiliency Muscles

One of the coolest things developing within me right now is a much deeper appreciation of my resiliency. 

For a long time I viewed my dysfunctional, rough poor childhood and wildly redneck family as something that would always hold me down.  And I worried my natural tendency to take risks was somehow a block to real success.  What I’ve now come to realize is that the challenges and experiences of that particular crazy path have given me extraordinary resiliency. 

It’s one thing to stand strong when things are going smoothly but it’s something else again TO RISE UP STRONG after taking a hard hit.  I think it’s only when we really have to force ourselves to be strong that we learn how strong we really are. 

And those RESILIENCY MUSCLES are quicker to flex when they’ve had a lot of heavy and repeated exercise!  And just like after an intense workout, when you towel away the sweat, or in the case of trauma, the tears, and see that you were strong enough to make it through, the memory of the pain start to fade replaced by that delicious feeling of accomplishment. 

As the beautiful Maya Angelou said, “I can be changed by what happens to me.  I refuse to be reduced by it.” 

Here’s to knowing, growing, flexing and loving our resiliency muscles and all the hard exercise that developed them! 

Cylvia Hayes

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