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Arts, Psychology

Resilience: Turning Adversity into Strength

KNOWING how to adapt to adversity is essential to our health and happiness. Resilience is the ability to bounce back from the difficulties we all face.

Psychologists have identified methods and strategies that enable us to navigate through crisis and overcome misfortune.

In this new series, short articles will be offered that will help to build inner strength and to weather tough times with hope and resolve.

Look For The Silver Lining

“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful.” – Winston Churchill

MENTALLY strong people have the ability to see the positives in tough circumstances. Rather than seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses, they recognise that it is possible for good things to come from hardship. This does not erase the hardship, but it can make it easier to cope with.

The next time you face a challenge, ask yourself, “What can I learn from this? What is this an opportunity for? How can this positively affect me?”

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Arts

‘A Better Route’

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Arts, Music

Bryan Adams: ‘Brand New Day’

Song lyrics:

Johnny had a plan, gonna see the world
He knew he had to go
Gonna take his girl and then make their way to Ontario

She said, “Why you looking at me that way?
You gonna go or you gonna stay?”

Get up, get up, get up, hear what I say
Wake up, wake up, wake up, go find a better way
Get up, get up, get up, it’s a brand new day

So we flagged a ride
On an eastbound freight going anywhere
Driving through the night through the wind and rain
And took him all the way there

Gone in the hours, as the miles slipped away
In the sound of the wheels he could still hear her say

Get up, get up, get up, whatever it takes
Wake up, wake up, wake up, give your head a shake
Get up, get up, get up, it’s a brand new day
It’s a brand new day

What are you thinkin’ about, man, you better get out
I’m gonna be someone, have my day in the sun
Whatever, you won’t know if you don’t try
So bye bye baby, bye bye baby, bye bye

Sometimes you lay awake thinkin’ ’bout
The things that you never told her
So on a starry night from the noisy bar
You telephoned her

You could come down, I’ll meet your train
She just laughed and said some people never change

Get up, get up, get up, hear what I say
Wake up, wake up, wake up, go find a better way
Get up, get up, get up, it’s a brand new day

It’s a brand new day
Gotta find a better way
Turn down bye bye, bye bye baby, bye bye
It’s a brand new day
It’s a brand new day

Director/Songwriter: Adams, Bryan Guy

Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Theo Hutchcraft

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