{"id":6661,"date":"2022-07-04T11:58:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T11:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/?p=6661"},"modified":"2022-07-04T11:58:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T11:58:12","slug":"resilience-and-life-mottos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/en\/uncategorized\/resilience-and-life-mottos\/","title":{"rendered":"Resilience and Life Mottos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Resilient.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6662 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Resilient.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jolliffe.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Resilient-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>I had to isolate last week as, you\u2019ve guessed it, COVID-19 finally got me with mild symptoms. I fell ill and tested positive on a bad day \u2013 the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> anniversary of my husband\u2019s sudden passing and an email I just did not need \u2026 the caterer of a conference for English trainers which I had been planning for weeks cancelled just three days before the event. HELP!!! So I had to climb into my RESILIENCE box and ring all the restaurants in Oberursel only to be told it was too late to order food and get people \u2026 Three things all at once but if you know me, you know I don\u2019t give up and at least I was distracted from my sadness and worsening cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bit of outside the box thinking and a recommendation made me call an Italian take-away and I gave the lady a big virtual hug when she said it was no problem to deliver pizzas, lasagne and tiramisu to the location \u2013 so easy and a lot cheaper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My next challenge was to open the conference virtually on Zoom to a black screen \u2026 just after practicing the same situation with a dear student of mine who had had to open an award ceremony virtually as she had also had COVID (notice use of past perfect). So it was really a case of \u201c<em>Practise what you preach\u201d<\/em> &nbsp;and in this case, practise, practise, practise! The advantage was, of course, that I could hold my script below the screen so it didn\u2019t look as if I was reading it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is in these situations that my three life mottos come to play:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Don\u2019t sweat the small stuff (and most stuff is small)<\/li><li>Always look on the bright side of life (and you need good people around you for that)<\/li><li>Count your blessings (even if they seem to be hiding)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And one thing my husband used to say in German \u201c<em>wir kriegen es gebacken\u201d<\/em> \u2013 I always found it so reassuring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you have life mottos which help you in difficult situations? You might like some in the following link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hastyreader.com\/life-mottos-to-live-by\/\">144 Best Life Mottos&nbsp;of All Time (&amp; Stories Behind Them) \u2013 Hasty Reader<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I particularly like No. 11 &#8211; \u201c<em>Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement<\/em>\u201d. If I make a mistake, waste time or money on something, it all goes into my \u201c<em>Better next time<\/em>\u201d box as \u201c<em>there is no point crying over spilt milk<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had to isolate last week as, you\u2019ve guessed it, COVID-19 finally got me with mild symptoms. 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