Resilience River
Whenever You Feel Powerless: Think Niagara Falls
The first thing my therapist asked me as I attempted to summarize all of the horrible things that happened to me was, “How have you not had a nervous breakdown yet?” I didn’t have an answer for her. “You must have built up a lot of resiliency since childhood.” She determined.
Months later, while attempting to fall asleep, I thought about what she said as an endless array of thoughts were milling around my head. I was a ball of nerves in the ready stance, waiting for the hammer to drop or another crisis I would have to conquer. Then I was reminded of the Dream Time track Spotify recently suggested, Resilience-River.
I slowly drifted off to sleep, and as I dreamt, I found myself on a river. I realized that this was no random river of dreams. I recognized the landscape of my childhood. I saw Lewiston Landing to my left and Canada to my right. I knew immediately that I was floating on the Lower Niagara River.
