Through Adversity, We Find Our True Potential.
Monday: Chaos is fertile soil for creativity
This has been a year full of challenges: many lost family members, friends, and jobs. The stress levels have risen, and mental health has known chaos. But not everything is negative. We have shown resilience and have proven that nothing will bring us down permanently.
“Be the One: Serve. In life, it’s not what happens to you, but what happens in you and through you that counts. When adversity visits your life, you have two choices: to be a victim or to be a victor.” — John Maxwell.
Oxford language defines resilience as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. Adversity is essential to find our true potential, and it is through difficult times when we show our true colors.
Thanks to this pandemic, many of my friends and family have lost their jobs and turned their side business or hobbies into a solid income. In most cases earning more than at their former jobs. A friend used to make items personalization using custom stickers.
She personalized mugs, planners, tumblers, and many other items; it was her hobby, only doing it a few times a week or a month. Now she has a solid business and even expanding it to help others through promotions and mentions on their social media. (Here is her Instagram page.)
We can't avoid adversity life will go on and will throw us everything it has. But is up to us to decide how we will react to it. I have learned that life is all about attitude. Having the appropriate mindset and practicing mindfulness has proven to help our productivity.
In a 2018 study, Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on employees’ mental health: A systematic review. Researchers found that MBSR helped improve the physiological function of employees.
This mindfulness practice can help us in these difficult times to learn to be aware of where we are and give us a clear idea of how to keep moving forward.
Let's take a moment to practice some breathing techniques every day, reflect on ourselves, do mindful eating, pray, or practice awareness.
Life is happening right now, yesterday is over, and tomorrow doesn’t exist.
