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The Power
of Resilience I started learning resilience at a young age. As
an only child of a 19-year old, I pretty much
had to grow up self-sufficient and driven. What
I didn’t learn growing up was self-love or self-
confidence and, as a result, I ended up in a
By Lori Osborne codependent, abusive relationship that lasted
18 years. I would say resilience got me through
the relationship, but it took colon cancer at 36
What is resilience…really? According to the years old to find the strength to leave. I hadn’t
Oxford Languages dictionary, resilience is “the fully developed enough of a resilience muscle
capacity to withstand or to recover quickly in my 20s and early 30s to get out, but
from difficulties; toughness.” Toughness. I love overcoming cancer and finding the strength to
that because I believe it takes toughness to start over was absolutely resilience. Even more
exhibit true resilience, which, at the core, is the so, however, was the resilience to not give up
refusal to give up or give in no matter what on LOVE!
gets in the way or tries to bring you down! I am
not sure if resilience is something we are born Too often I see people hurt in relationships
with, but I am absolutely certain it is a muscle and, as a result, turn away from love,
we can develop and make stronger in order to convinced that true love is a falsehood, and it
overcome life’s challenges so we can flourish. breaks my heart.
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