Only one who is elastic can be stretched enough to rebound from challenges
No one likes being stretched. Being stretched makes us feel uncomfortable. But just as with doing physical stretch exercises, that makes us more supple and relaxed, so too are the benefits of being stretched.
Stretching allows us to come out of our comfort zone…eventually comfortably. This is why we must never be resistant to challenges. Challenges will maximise our potentials and if we are elastic, we will come out better.
But if we resist challenges, we will be in the same place. So be pliable, be supple. Be elastic. That way you can rebound from whatever hits you.
Zoe met Eze (Chuck) in the 14th year of what turned out to be an 18 year ‘journey’ with mental illness. They got married less than a year of meeting with Zoe fully knowing Chuck had a diagnosis of mental illness. In the 18th year, Chuck defied the odds of mental illness. A consultant psychiatrist signed him off the mental health system with a bill of NO MENTAL ILLNESS. The consultant was so amazed by Chuck’s astonishing recovery that he even questioned how Chuck was diagnosed with mental illness all those years before, in the first place! Today Chuck is free from medication, its dependency and hospitalizations. Zoe’s award nominated book, DEFYING THE ODDS, chronicles the highs and ‘lows’ of this journey. Zoe, often writing from the standpoint of a caregiver, clearly understands that mental illness does not only affect an individual challenged with the disease, but also families, marriages and society as a whole.
