How do you stay resilient in hard times?

Staying resilient in hard times can be very challenging because some things may be an attack on your character and morals. Some things and people may make false accusations against you or cause you strife. Or this pain or feeling could be self-inflicted.

Ways in which you stay resilient are by:

• Take your strife to Jesus, Mohammed, or whoever you pray to, to get your life back on track.
• Use the experience as a stepping stone to never go through this situation again. Step, step, step until you at the top towering over your problems and concerns.
• Surround yourself with positive people and those full of hope. There’s nothing like getting back on track with a support system to do it. And maybe you don’t have one. Join a club or support group to help you with this.
• Take a cry day. Just like a mental health day, a cry day will help you reflect on the pain, let it all out, and hopefully start the process of restoration.
• Stretch and exercise. This is one of the best ways to let negativity flow right out of your body and let you continue moving forward.
• And like the therapist said to Whitley Gilbert on A Different World, “Relax, relate, and release.” Therapy helps as well. Try it out and see what it can do for you.