Resilience is thought of as the ability to bear difficult and painful circumstances. It is what makes the difference between a person who gives up in     1     face of adversity and a person who somehow makes it through. Sometimes, we may not even realize how resilient we are until something     2     (unbelievable) disastrous happens in our lives.

Sometimes, when the worst happens, we blame everyone and everything around us—but ourselves—for     3     (we) misfortune. Other times, the worst happens, and we come out on the other side     4     (realize) that, “Hey, if I can get through that, I can get through anything.” In this way, we realize that we are, in fact,     5     (strong) than we knew. When disaster happens in our lives, we should allow ourselves     6     (feel) the emotional pain without letting it swallow us up.

When emotional pain and disaster spread through the soul fully, we run the risk     7     this pain becoming a long-term aspect of our identities, as a result of     8     we begin to see the pain as part of “who we are”. However, we are not the pain or the loss—we experience pain and loss. The beginning of the path towards building and increasing emotional resilience     9     (lie) in separating disaster and pain from who you are into something that you have witnessed, experienced, and ultimately learned valuable     10     (lesson) from.

I read this story the other day and I liked it very much. Now I’d like to share it with you.

A man     1     (sudden) felt very terrible one day and was taken to hospital. After he received some examinations, he     2     (tell) he was badly ill and wouldn’t live longer than one year.     3     (hear) that, the man became depressed. He was so worried about himself that he wanted to do nothing. It lasted for about a month. Then one day, he decided to make     4     change and do something that he had dreamed of     5     (do) — to travel around the world. The doctors were shocked when they     6     (learn) about it. They told the man that he might die on the way,     7     the man insisted on doing it. So he began his journey around the world.

He made friends     8     those he met on ships or planes. He enjoyed good food and visited beautiful places. He was in a happy mood every day and even totally forgot his     9     (ill).

He was still alive one year later. When he returned to his home country, he was happy and     10     (health).

When something bad happens to us, we shouldn’t be anxious about it. Instead, we should overcome our anxiety. Things will not be as bad as we expect them to be.