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While certain people appear to have more “resilience” than others, it turns out that there are skills in resilience thinking and resilience practice that everyone can gain. This is good news, as change is the name of the game, and coming to balance and center amidst all the changes we cannot control is part of living a fulfilled, happy life.

Here are some strategies for resilience thinking:

Recognizing and honoring change for what it is: perpetual, enlivening, an opportunity for growth

Feeling gratitude for what we have: gratitude is the gift that keeps on giving — the more you feel it, the more grateful you are for what you have.

Strategic thinking — within the problem lies the solution. How can we turn this experience to best advantage? What can we learn from the experience?

Acceptance of what is — when we are in difficult circumstances, one of the best ways to deal with it is to accept it as it is, and not fight against it.

Like all new skills, these take some practice. Gratitude is something you can commit to practicing every day — at the end of the day, do a little inventory of what you were grateful for. Even better — share it with someone else, especially if they are part of your gratitude circle. This will deepen your relationship and your experience of how gratitude works.

Growing a Wellness Paradigm from the Ground Up

“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.” Masanobu Fukuoka, The One Straw Revolution

Is there such a thing as land-based healing? How do we cultivate change? How has the garden healed me? How does it matter that people learn to grow their own food, or create a bond with the plants and soil where they live? How does that confer health? Are gardening and homesteading part of a larger healing paradigm? How do we express our fidelity to the life force? What’s the connection between healing in the body and healing of the land? I probably won’t fully answer all of these questions, but I mean to gesture towards them, and open the dialogue.

For more, please head to http://urban-homesteading.org/growing-a-wellness-paradigm-from-the-ground-up/