Do Resiliency and Positivity Go Hand-in-Hand?

Resiliency and Positivity Go Hand-in-Hand?

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.” -- Helen Keller

It’s hard to imagine being resilient without being positive, right? Some people can be resilient in their negativity. However, in the long run, that negative behavior will sap the energy out of them. You cannot thrive for very long in an environment filled with negativity. You will lose resiliency in this environment.

I have certainly experienced this myself. There have been a few times over the last few years when I have gone through stressful times my thinking has not been positive. When the stress felt like I couldn’t take it anymore my thinking and behavior was negative, and I was not thriving in any way. I can see now that this way of thinking and behaving was not the best environment for me to live in. By taking some time out to realize that my own negativity was causing me problems and I was the only one that would be able to turn the situation around.

I found that when you project a positive outlook, others will follow along. People are attracted to this outlook and will want to make it continue. While some people will be attracted to others who are negative, overall, they prefer positive people. When this happens, you will be resilient by bringing others along.

In my experience when you are positive, you are more likely to look for solutions to problems. When you are negative, you are more likely to look for excuses. How can you be resilient when you are looking for excuses? Nothing will get done which means you will hold yourself (and others) back. Plus, if you are one to look for excuses constantly, others will catch onto this and avoid you.

Being positive doesn’t mean you should never complain. Sometimes, you need to point out weaknesses where you know they exist. However, positive people tend to offer up alternatives which make them part of the solution. Imagine if several such people offered up alternatives. Solutions would surface quickly, wouldn’t they? Contrast this to excuse makers. They will never find solutions.

It’s believed that people with positive attitudes have a greater chance at beating life-threatening diseases as well. Your body has the best mechanisms available to fight diseases, occasionally even better than medications. If you are positive about your outlook, it will set your body to the optimal conditions that should help you battle those diseases. Even if this weren’t true, it certainly is better than being negative, which increases stress. Stress has been proven to block the disease-fighting aspects of your body.

Think back to positive and negative times in your life. When were you happier, negative or positive? It’s likely that you chose positive times as being happier. It’s also likely that you were the most productive during this time. By extension, being productive means, you were resilient. It all came from that positive attitude.

We started this post with the question Do Resiliency and Positivity Go Hand-in-Hand?

Yes, we believe they do go hand-in-hand.

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