Finding hope when life is heavy
Resilience is not always visible to me. It’s often quiet, steady, invisible.
It’s getting up on mornings when my body is tired and my head screams.
When it isn’t about conquering or winning, but about continuing. About carrying gentleness and kindness when life is hard.
Resilience for me is not covering up my cracks and boast about it. It’s about trying to still shed light from within.
My resilience isn’t a strength at all.
My resilience simply equals persistence, like a sense of hope that refuses to let go, even in the darkest of days when its light is almost faded. It’s however glued to me in a way that makes it impossible to be erased, no matter the intensity of the darkness.
If you’re reading this, I know you carry that same resilience too. Knowing we always have it to fall back on, will always see us through.
Sandra Postma
Posted on 25 August 2025 on Substack
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