{"id":2044,"date":"2020-04-07T18:29:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2020-04-07T18:29:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T18:29:43","slug":"building-resiliance-and-hope-in-troubled-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/2020\/04\/07\/building-resiliance-and-hope-in-troubled-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Resiliance and Hope in Troubled Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A couple of weeks ago I learned that my sister in law was sick with Corona Virus. When I talked to my brother, I realized there was three different layers to the crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to build resilience in troubled times, we had to <strong>tackle physical health, mental health and spiritual health .<\/strong>  The 3C&#8217;s will help you to practice resilience in troubled times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Contemplatives in Action<\/strong>: Schedule quiet time everyday so you can restore your balance in the midst of intensive work. Integrate your meditation, prayers, yoga, going for a walk in nature, etc during that time. <em>Use mindfulness and discernment to develop clarity. <\/em>What are your feelings? What are your needs?<\/li><li><strong>Companions through Community<\/strong>: <em>Social distancing does not mean isolation.<\/em> Reach out to family, friends and community. There is collective wisdom in our community. We can all benefit from that.<\/li><li><strong>Compassion and Our Mission <\/strong>: We can transform adversity into learning and growth. Apply compassion when dealing with co-workers and students. Self-compassion might be a challenge. We would like to have total control of this situation but this might be an opportunity to build tolerance and patience. <em>Last but not least, compassion extend to the poor, to the marginalized and the Global South<\/em>. Social justice is part of our mission. Be mindful of those marginalized and the working poor.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the three C&#8217;s to build resilience and hope in difficult times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juan Velasco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago I learned that my sister in law was sick with Corona Virus. When I talked to my brother, I realized there was three different layers to the crisis. 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