Do you have a Resiliency Plan? You may want to build one to help you deal with chronic lyme. A person, a company or even a town or city can build a plan to help them thrive.
100 or so cities have active programs to build resiliency, Boston included. At the macro level there is an understanding of the critical nature of inherent buoyancy in this quick paced ever changing world. This is fabulous and a big surprise. The politicians are on to resiliency as a way to promote and protect cities. Exciting right?
What exactly does this mean? Here is a quote from 100 cities.
“Urban Resilience is the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a city to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience. “ 100 cities. http://www.100resilientcities.org/resilience#/-_/
What with housing crisis, earth quakes, hurricanes and terrorists this is a noble goal.
Cities look at finance, infra structure, energy, growth opportunities, resource and labor retention as key areas to build capacity.
These needs apply to all of us as well. Resiliency the ability to survive adapt and grow is just darn important for a life of learning. Gotta bounce back and persevere. Each of us faces illness, challenge loss and difficulty on the journey.
With Lyme disease the ability to rebound from setbacks is key. Lyme disease can be full of chronic stress as well as acute shocks, so a plan makes sense. In Lyme disease building health and fighting disease is so necessary.
Chronic Lyme disease erodes strength and systems over time. Without active ongoing intervention and conscious health building, your world gets smaller. Your body embrittles and is less and less able to rebound and thrive.
The path of Lyme is filled with uncertainty. It is not a take a pill and feel better in the morning illness. Embrace the possibilities inherent in uncertainty and build resiliency. Recovery from illness requires growth and change.
In what areas of your life do you want to build capacity and resiliency? Resiliency connects to courage and both are muscles you build. Put the structure and habits in place in your life to build courage and buoyancy. Enable flow and expansion over the course of your life independent of Lyme Disease.
Resiliency Plan 5 Ideas
- Build Emotional, Mental and Physical Health. Invest in Self Care and get the help you need to do help health.
- Steer your thinking toward the positive. Get clear about health as a priority. Cultivate a sense of optimism and strength. It is easy to get trapped in negative thinking. Get on a different bus in 2017. Pick a positive thought for the week each week in January to help you meet health goals. “ I exercise each day to keep my joints happy.” Or “I go to bed early and get nourishing rest.” See how it works.
- Create cushions in your life against the unexpected. Develop connections in your community, join a positive support group, stay in touch with family and friends , build financial savings. Bring meditation or other practices into your life to consciously release stress.
- Dig in and uncover your passion and truth to live in the light of joy. Capture ideas to bring your passion alive in a Dream board
- Connect to the present often with loving acceptance. Practice loving kindness towards yourself and others.
We can all benefit from resiliency plan. But for someone with chronic Lyme disease the ability to rebound is life sustaining along the path of healing. Build one and share it to help others. Wishing you health, thrive and vibrancy for 2017.