This is interesting. I'd never thought about mindfulness in the context of resilience, though I'm a big believe in both. But it makes a lot of sense. When you first begin practicing mindfulness, chances are you'll be poor at it. You'll quickly lose focus and you're unlikely to see its effects. It's only over time that those effects begin building.
If resiliency were a measurable trait, I wonder how that would correlate to success with mindfulness (or number of practitioners). Or even the other way around -- I wonder if mindfulness can have a hand in developing resiliency.
Hi again @reos! I really enjoy your comments, because I have pondered the same questions. If you want me to I will dig around in my academic search engine to see what the literature says about correlations between mindfulness and resiliency. When I first wrote this post there was not much research trying to tie the two together, although the basic concepts of mindfulness and resiliency are complementary. And yes, if I remember correctly resiliency is measurable, again will have to dig for journal citations. Thank you for giving me a great idea for a new post! I suspect there is a strong positive correlation between the two:-) As to the last point you raise, "if mindfulness can have a hand in developing resiliency" From my own experience the practice of being mindful encourages the underlying paradigm (or framework) of resiliency, and then the enhanced resiliency helps me be more mindful. You almost have to wonder if they are two sides of the same coin... Thanks again for commenting:-)