If there was only time to focus on one skill to help students prepare for life, what would be the skill to choose? There are a lot of possibilities, most probably good votes, probably some not good ones, but... let’s make a case for resilience.Resilience is a toughness that allows one to quickly overcome difficulties or challenges. Who doesn’t need that? Even though there may seem to be more challenges, each one of those challenges represents an opportunity if you let it be that. Those with resilience are, and will be able to best take advantage of those opportunities and thrive because of them. Let’s take a look at how to be resilient. Let’s help kids become more resilient.To help a student to become resilient we can look at some steps that help them grow that trait.1- Accept change. Every aspect of our lives is changing. I used to say to my daughter, ‘You can either be scared, or have fun.” when she faced a challenge. Fighting most changes is not as effective as looking them in the eye and going forward…2- Learn continuously- Once a student quits fighting the fact that the world is continually changing they can make a plan of action for their own benefit. Learning continuously about things allows us to see changes, their benefits and dangers so we can…3- Take charge- After learning about the possibilities, one can take charge effectively. Leaving negative changes aside, or integrating positive opportunities for an upgrade or benefit. It isn’t a random task however. This has to be done with the next step in mind…4- Keep balance- All we do should be for our own improvement and the benefit of others. Keeping a balance is essential in how our time is used to achieve these goals and…5- Cultivate relationships- Up in step 4 was mentioned the benefit of others. As relationships are built to help benefit those around us, as well as ourselves, our resilience begins to multiply benefits across the community.6- Reset our skills- After helping a student look at change, it’s possible benefits, and how to take charge of challenges to build opportunities for themselves they can continually do a reset. That might mean leaving old habits, ideas, or efforts behind in place of better ones.Relax. This isn’t a bad thing. If resilience hadn’t been shown when challenges occurred in the past…diseases that have been cured, still here...poverty levels, still higher than now...2G instead of 4G (or 5G) *sheds tear. Let’s keep going. Find a kid. Help them learn about being resilient. Failure or challenge is just an opportunity if allowed to be that. Don’t stop now. Sign up to receive updates and the Friday File email notices.Support local, independent news – contribute to The Fallon Post, your non-profit (501c3) online news source for all things Fallon.
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