This month at CreativeMornings Dubai we have yet another exceptional speaker, Mohamed Al Awadhi is going to inspire and entertain. The theme is resilient.

This month Munem Qureshi shares his thoughts on the theme resilient.

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[Resilience]

[Resiliencegenerally means the ability to recover from some shock or disturbance.]

By Munem Qureshi

Resilience is one of the basic building blocks of human nature. We have all gone through things in difficult times that have made our power of resilience stronger. In life nothing will go to plan as you intended it and you might have to face setbacks or sometimes you might have to abort the mission for a while, but resilience will guide you.

Let me explain what I mean from my own experience.

Covid 19 has changed the whole ecosystem around us. For a year CreativeMornings has been happening, virtually, and it is still virtual. This is an example of how resilience works. Even though we had a setback and were unable to perform a task as planned, have in-person events, we found a way to keep moving.

This year I have learned that it is important to plan things as you really want them to happen and if you fail to realise the ideal just keep looking you will find an answer as to how to move on.

Resilience, to me, is all about accepting change and learning to survive.

Another example of resilience that I would love to share is the loss of a loved one. I was quite young when my grandmother died, she meant the world to me as a child. I saw my grandmother as my role model and after her death, for some time, I was shattered. But eventually, I came around and resilience kicked in. What kept me going were my grandmother’s teachings. My grandmother taught me many lessons, to be kind, to help others who you can and to make sure you put the biggest smile on your face even when you are going through rough times.

What I have learned over and over in my life is that resilience is power, maybe our superpower, that allows us to keep things alive and allows us to bounce back from all the setbacks we face.

Time doesn’t stop for anyone, and it is through embracing resilience that we prepare ourselves to meet anything that is thrown at us.