Bouncing Back By Melissa Balmain Analysis

Resilience is about how an individual deals, resists, recovers and learns from adversity’s in life. If a child is resilient they are less likely to be damaged as a result of negative experiences and are more likely to learn from and move on. In order for a child to be resilient they need to believe in themselves and have others they can rely on in their lives.

Throughout history there has always been adversity, even today there are people who struggle to cope with it in their everyday lives, but some are able to overcome it as individuals and move on. But sometimes there are situations so adverse it takes more than one person to overcome mentally and/or physically.

For some people the strong word resilience can impact one’s life in a significant way. Overall, resiliency is having the ability to still enjoy and continue your life with positive, good times, regardless of a hard past or bad experience. It can be shown in various ways throughout a text, including the setting, the plot, and characterization. This is how the texts, The Other Wes Moore, The Art of Resilience, and The Third and Final Continent share their common theme. This theme the three texts convey is that resiliency is vital for a positive as well as successful life.

Resilience is the power or the ability to return to the original form. “Resilience is born by grounding yourself in your own loveliness, hitting notes you thought were way out of your range” (94). Father Gregory Boyle says this because he knows that resilience is needed in order to change. Resilience is important because we can become better people by doing things, we thought we couldn’t do. In the book, Tattoos on the Heart, The Power of Boundless Compassion, by Father Gregory Boyle, resilience is essential in our lives because it is the key to do better.

Resilience is the ability to overcome struggles. In the book Night, Elie Wiesel is put into a concentration camp during the Holocaust. During his time there, Elie would not have been able to be so resilient without his father by his side. In Boys in The Boat, Joe Rantz would also have struggled to overcome his struggles without his dad. However, without Joe’s father treating him so badly throughout his childhood Joe might not have been so motivated to prove to his father that he was strong. In both books, Joe and Elie both demonstrate resilience by using their family to overcome their struggles.

Resilience is the power or the ability to return to the original form. “Resilience is born by grounding yourself in your own loveliness, hitting notes you thought were way out of your range” (94). Father Gregory Boyle says this because he knows that resilience is needed in order to change. Resilience is important because we can become better people by doing things, we thought we couldn’t do. In the book, Tattoos on the Heart, The Power of Boundless Compassion, Boyle claims resilience is essential in our lives because it is the key to do better.

Resilience can be a difficult and often a seemingly impossible attribute to acquire for many people in fear of change. I have become aware of this trait developing more in myself as I get older and have made it a priority to see the benefits of change and adapt to it. Moving here to Tennessee has helped me grow more as a person. The emotional and spiritual aspects of resiliency really came into play in this situation.

A good example of someone overcoming their environmental setbacks is Oprah Winfrey. Oprah had a difficult childhood. She lived in poverty and often dress in potato sacks to save money. When she went to school she was bullied for not having normal clothing. She was also sexually abused at an early age then had a baby only for it to pass way shortly after at the age of 14. As a young adult, she lost her brother due to AIDS and had to watch her younger sister be put up for adoption. Yet with her background, she still made the choice to work hard to make it somewhere in life and she is now one of the most famous women in the world. According to the Office of Trauma Services, 70% of women living on the streets or in shelters report abuse during

Resilience is a quality that I pride myself in encompassing, and it has in multiple ways, what has defined me as a student. Though both personally and academically, I suffered multiple setbacks, they have never succeeded in distracting me from my future ambitions. Over these numerous years as a student, gaining many insights, I have learned that spending weeks mourning failures is not an option and is ultimately ineffective. When I receive a less than adequate grade, or face problems in extracurriculars, in those moments of weakness, I may bend and stretch, however, it will never define me. I remind myself that through hard work it is possible to get back on course. As a result of my resilience, built through several hardships and failures,

Your statement referencing resilience as how an individual bounce back from a bad situation is accurate. Individuals who do not have the qualities of resilience can learn these qualities. By having a positive outlook can overcome depression. Accepting and giving kindness will make you feel good about yourself and brings you happiness. Happiness overcomes sadness and builds self-confidence which is very important in building resilience. When an individual feels better about themselves, they develop confidence. A confident individual will be open to accepting help which will lead to open

We as human beings, some or the other day have undergone to situations or events which have changed our lives. Such events can be like death of our loved one, loss of the job, serious health issue, terrorism or shocking incidents. These events are very challenging experiences of life and to these situations or circumstances we react with a flood of emotions and a sense of uncertainty. But as the time passes we people manage to overcome these stressful conditions and adapt to the circumstances and how we manage to do is through resilience (Noh Hee et. al, 2015).

In this unit I have learnt about the importance of Resilience. I believe the most important aspects of resiliency are appreciation, optimism, and coping with stress. To be resilient is to bounce back in the face of adversity, depression, tragedy, and other sources of stress. It’s a cycle that many people get stuck in until they pick themselves back up. You experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt, and you fall. But, you keep on going anyways. Mandy Oaklander conveys that humans tend to stress over everything. Even if it’s a waitress messing up your order, or getting a “C” on a project (Guilty), and the list goes on and on. I often deal with stress at least once every month and I don’t even realize it . This is where Mandy

Some of the challenges that I have faced and overcome are becoming homeless at 17, doing hard drugs, talking to someone about being molested, getting out of prostituting. The ways that I have felt resilient is I talk about my experiences and then I try and help people that are going through the same things I

“Being able to selectively disengage from the home and engage with those outside, and then to reengage. “Being internally oriented and having an internal locus of control. “The absence of serious illness during adolescence.” The capacity of an individual to cope during difficulty is central to their resilience. Pearlin and Schooler (1982, p. 109) define coping as “the thing that people do to avoid being harmed by lifestrain.” These authors conducted 2300 interviews in the urbanized Chicago area and through content analysis of these interviews identified three main types of coping that serve distinct functions, viz: “Responses that change the situation out of which strainful experience arises” (Pearlin & Schooler, 1982, p. 115). Interestingly, their research found that this type of coping was not widely used. Several reasons are offered to explain this. Page 6 Resilience Theory: A Literature Review

Resilience is the key to success that enables people to move through hardship and become better. No one escapes pain, fear and suffering. Yet from pain can come wisdom, from fear can come courage, from suffering can come strength. A lot of people misunderstand It 's not about “bouncing back.” Resilient people do not “bounce back” from hardship. We cannot “bounce back” because we cannot go back in time.You will not be the same person after having an difficult situtation. Resilient people are able to integrate hard experiences into their lives in a way that makes them better.Don’t fear failure. Instead redefine it as feedback and as a natural part of a successful life. As Michael Jordan said:“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I