Are you surprised to see yourself quoted in today’s Recovery Talk? Are you thinking to yourself, “I’ve never said that in my life?” I’m glad to see you’ve surprised yourself! But now that you’ve read your own quote, put the quote into your head permanently and let it run rampant as you cheer yourself on every moment of every day. Let it echo into every part of who you are.

“I am resilient and I handle things as they come.”

We’ve all noted life is hard, has ups and downs, or just plain sucks sometimes. The kicker is that we make it through somehow. That “somehow” is our resilience. Do we hope, dream, and plan for the future? Absolutely! But at the same time we live in the now, focus on where our feet are planted and move with purpose into the next step in front of us. We just have to believe the truth. We are resilient and we do handle everything as it comes.

Sarah Deats

Sarah Deats is the Hope Inc. Stories Inspiration Engineer. Her goals are to make a connection with everyone that she can while building community, spreading hope, and sparking change. She believes that while life may not be easy, it is never lived alone.