Rise Up!
A Tribute To The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
[Featuring Recording Artist Lauren Daigle]
“I rise up in spite of the ache. I rise up and I do it a thousand times again. The silence is quiet, and it feels like it’s getting hard to breathe.”
“Rise Up’’ is a celebration of Jesus Christ rising from the dead. It portrays triumph over despair and life triumphing over death. It is a celebration of faith, victory, and new birth. It teaches us that there is no darkness that can prevail over us because we always rise again.
Resilience is the end point – the one time overcoming adversity that ensures future comfort and security. But this is anything but the case. Resilience isn’t a destination. It’s a choice one makes every day, many times a day, regardless of how tired one may be feeling on some of those days.
It’s the little things of getting out of bed, answering one more email, doing the hard things you’ve done the day before. This is not failure; this is emotional exhaustion. This is just being human and getting on with it. This blog post is about what it really means to stand up when no one is looking, and why repetition is better than perfection.
Table of Contents:
What does true resilience actually look like day-to-day?
What are small daily habits that build resilience?
How do you stop comparing your struggle to other people’s success?
What does it mean to “rise” without a dramatic turning point?
What does true resilience actually look like day-to-day?
Real resilience is nothing like that. It is little things being done repeatedly – getting out of bed, making the effort, showing up no matter how difficult the situation gets. It is not one big victory. Resilience is all about inner strength, which just keeps coming regardless of how tired you are.
It is also learning to forgive yourself on difficult days and trying again the next day. It entails taking a rest without beating yourself up and viewing failures as part of the process. Resilience is not about being perfect; it’s a continuous process.
What are small daily habits that build resilience?
Resting is not being lazy. It is essential for recovery. Guilt-free rest without burnout will make you recover stronger, not weaker. Give yourself a break and take time off. Resting will not undo your accomplishments; feeling like falling behind is only an illusion.
Habits | Explanations |
Start slow | Do one simple task every morning instead of doing all of them at once. |
Be grateful | Make a list each day of one good thing to reduce your stress. |
Get moving | Do some sort of exercise for 2 minutes to increase your health. |
Say “No” | Don’t waste your energy on things that drain you. |
Think back at night | Think about what went well during the day before going to bed. |
How do you rest without feeling like you’re falling behind?
Taking a rest doesn’t mean you’re behind; taking a rest is a way to go on without being too tired. Sometimes, feeling like you’re behind is not an actual fact.
But a lot of people feel like we have to “earn” our rest, and that’s how burnouts happen. And pulling all-nighters doesn’t make us better at anything; they wear us out and make it harder to bounce back. The correct manner to rest is to completely disconnect from work, including disconnecting from distractions.
This allows our mind to be at peace and believe that all will be good, even if you take some time off. The goal is not to stop working but to develop enough stress recovery to return to work fresh, not spent.
What does it mean to “rise” without a dramatic turning point?
Rising without a big dramatic moment means not experiencing change due to a single life-defining experience. Most of the time it’s a gradual thing with not a lot of fuss.
Growing like this means making small choices every day until those small choices become who you are. It is not in the spotlight; there is no obvious before and after.
It is the determination to continue after a bad day; it is the capacity to show up without recognition; it is the faith that it’s what you do over and over, not what you do that counts intensely.
The Quiet Power of Showing Up Again
Resilience is not loud or perfect; rather, it is silent and solid. It includes resting guilt-free, attempting again without pressure, and continuing even when nobody is watching you. You do not need any defining moment. All you have to do is rise up tomorrow as you are.
Still Have Questions? Here's What You Should Know
No, resilience entails feeling all these feelings, yet continuing regardless of them. The people who show resilience accept their feelings, rather than run away from them.
Fatigue can be overcome with rest, whereas burnout is a deeper state leading to detachment, numbing emotions, and emptiness.
Start listening to one hard feeling, instead of dismissing it. Consistent little checks will lead to real changes.
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