Bing Bong! Have you heard about the parade tomorrow?
“Getting a good spot!”
The New York Knicks are NBA CHAMPIONS! It’s a huge deal inspired by a gnarly defiance against the odds. In 4 of the series games, the Knicks were down by double digits. What a fiesty squad!
“Statue of Liberty Honoring!”
The Statue of Liberty is a fitting symbol of resilience. The freedom Lady initially arrived in New York Harbor broken into 350 pieces, packed into 214 crates.16 months and 176 thousand pounds of copper later, she assumed her famed perch!
It’s been 53 years since the Knicks claimed the Championship. It’s been a year longer since Hacky Sack debuted. It too, has made a huge comeback!
Learning Hacky Sack takes abundant resilience!
“Way more difficult than it looks!”
There’s even a World Cup Hacky Sack…
Soccer features the ball spinning all different directions depending on the kick. Yet humans tend to move counter clockwise by default. Is it sort of like how we’re wired to conserve energy?
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I’m suspicious.
It’s been proven that resilience will often switch up patterns. It rebukes predictability. I’ve had success approaching creativity and life by assessing different, more maverick angles. I’ve found this that this “shock-break” mentality is a dynamic way of forging forward.
“Resilience reorients reality.”
So when does one activate the essence in the ether? The strength of a shake up is tied to timing—the moment. Composure in chaos is rarely tied to certainty. The scriptures offer some insight.
“Whether you turn to the right or the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying ‘This is the way; walk in it.’” (Isaiah 30:21/NIV)
It’s been my experience that Jesus’ grace re-sets me every day. It’s not even so much about direction, but connection. It’s the wheels within the wheels that are centered on the Creator of the Cosmos. After all, is not the resurrection the ultimate act of resilience?
CHALLENGE: If you really wanna switch things up, read the story of David and the Philistines in 2 Samuel 5, especially verse 24! #paraclete
