Chaplain Helman Andres Gómez Pérez
The word resilience refers to the ability to overcome critical moments in life and adapt by overcoming the situation, after experiencing some painful situation. It also indicates returning to normal and turning a difficult moment into an opportunity. Make the best of a difficult time.
Resilience is a term that derives from the Latin verb resilio, resilire, which means "jump, bounce."
Referring to the ability of human beings to adapt positively to adverse situations.
Resilience is a community and cultural process, which responds to three models that explain it: a model * compensatory, another * of protection and finally one * of challenge.
We can also say that resilience is the ability to succeed in an acceptable way for society, despite a stress or an adversity that normally implies a serious risk of negative results.
It is also defined as a competitive process where the person must adapt positively to adverse situations.
- They identify the situation: a false expectation is generated that every optimistic person can overcome the difficulties. Systematic optimism only leads to continuous situation shocks.
- They make sense: Resilient people must have a mission, vision and value, the latter with common sense to offer ways of interpreting and channeling events.
- They organize with strategies: knowing how to do the maximum with what is at hand. See possibilities where others only see confusion. However, the most effective improvisation is the one that is elaborated on the basis of rules and routines that are solidly fixed.
It is an ability adopted by some individuals that are characterized by their posture in the face of overcoming adversity and much stress, in order to think about a better future.
Many times this ability is unknown to the individual and he discovers it only when he is in the middle of a difficult situation that he manages to overcome thanks to his fighting stance and moving forward.
Who is a Resilient? It is that person who, in the midst of a particular situation, is assertive and turns pain into a virtue such as, for example, suffering from a disease, the loss of a loved one, the loss of any part of his body, staying in bankruptcy, among others.
Some synonyms that can be used to indicate the word resilience are strength, invulnerability and resistance.
* It is understood as the ability of the person to face their own problems, overcome obstacles and not give in to pressure, regardless of the situation.
* It is the ability of an individual to overcome periods of emotional pain and trauma. It approximates the term "fortitude."
* It is the individual's ability to be positively assertive and make a decision when they have the opportunity to take a correct attitude, despite the circumstances.
This quality originates when the person demonstrates whether or not he can cope with a situation of pressure, overcome it and integrate learning into his life.
The opposite of resilience is anomie
Anomie refers, in a general way, to the absence of law, norms or conventions. The word comes from the Greek ἀνομία (anomy).
This etymology shows its use in the field of both social sciences and psychology, in which it refers to the absence of norms or conventions in a society or person, or their disrespect or degradation by an individual or a group of individuals
The consequences of anomie range from maladjustment to social norms, to the transgression of laws and antisocial behaviors.
Biblical Examples of Resilience
An example that can be applied to the value of resilience is the book of Ruth. Ruth and her mother-in-law, Naomi, live in Moab, and return to Israel, where Naomi was originally from, after Naomi's two sons died. The mother and the widow return together, one to their homeland and the other as an immigrant.
The text shows the difficulties they have been through: that is why Naomi, when she returns to Israel, asks that she not be called by her name, which means 'sweetness', but 'Mara' ('bitterness'), but at Despite the difficulties, they move forward, a clear example of resilience.
In addition to our family and friends, we have God and His Word. The Bible is our greatest and best support in times of adversity; It gives us comfort, advice and the necessary correction at the right moments.
A second case is seen in the story of Joseph, the young man who was sold as a slave by his brothers and over time became very powerful as the prime minister of Egypt. Genesis 41:42
A third case is Job, perfect and fearful man of God, went through many trials, but at the end of them he was perfected and God restored all his riches and gave him new children Job 42:10.
Later, the apostle Paul wrote to the brothers in Corinth: “Therefore, for the love of Christ I rejoice in weaknesses, in insults, in needs, in persecutions, in anguish; because when I am weak, then I am strong ”2 Corinthians 12:10
God wants us to have the strength that comes from Him, He wants us to learn and get lessons from the challenges we face and grow through them.
That we have the capacity of being that allows us to overcome adversity and learn from it.
That this capacity allows people to have more resources to face the future, highlighting strengths over limitations.
The believer in Jesus Christ is sustained by the power of God and therefore is naturally resistant. “We are pressured everywhere, but not crushed; perplexed, but not desperate; Persecuted, but not abandoned; knocked down, but not destroyed ”(2 Corinthians 4: 8–9). Christians keep bouncing. The key to resistance is faith in the Lord:
“The Lord makes the steps firm.
who delights in it;
Though it stumbles, it won't fall
because the Lord holds him with his hand "(Psalm 37: 23–24).
An enemy of resilience is the incorrect assumption that we know how things will end. When a situation seems out of control or does not seem to go in the right direction, we tend to write "The End" about the story. We believe that we know the end result, so instead of exercising resilience, we abandon or take matters into our own hands. Proverbs 3: 5–6 is a good passage to hold on when we can see only one disaster ahead:
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and don't lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways, accept it.
and he will direct your paths.
Choosing to trust the Lord instead of trusting what we understand is the best way to keep us Resilient.
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