‘Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before’
Elizabeth Edwards
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity. If life is a game then snakes and ladders is the one played most often. The snakes represent times of crisis and the ladders are times of opportunity. You can be moving through life quite easily and then suddenly you are in a crisis situation, sliding down a snake. Sliding down a snake can feel like your world is crashing down around you. You travel down, down and then even further down before seeing a ladder in front of you.
The ladder depicts times of opportunity and chance. Moving up the ladder can be exhilarating; it can be an exciting experience. These are the periods of celebration and success, which are an opportunity to build resilience. This is achieved by making deposits of faith and hope, which cushion the disappointment of sliding down the next snake.
Resilience is picking yourself up from an experience and continuing on your way. Resilience is a protective factor. It is accepting that there are both snakes and ladders in life and that you can take them in your stride. Resilience is stepping back from the game and seeing that there is both crisis and opportunity as we move through life. Resilience is knowing;
‘I can handle it’
What is likely to send you down a snake?
How can you manage this differently?
What do you need to get back on track?
What is likely to move you up the ladder?
How are you celebrating being on the ladder?
‘Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems.’
Gever Tulley
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