Thriveology 1

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What types of situations may students find themselves in at school that are painful as well as challenging?

Thriving leads to three areas of social and academic success:

1. ​Academic engagement and performance

2. Interpersonal relationships

3. Psychological well-being.​

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Thriving depends upon contending with vigorous aspects of struggles of pain and challenge.

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Why are struggles of pain and challenge so important in order to truly thrive?

​Romans 5:3-5

And not only this, but [with joy] let us exult in our sufferings and rejoice in our hardships, knowing that hardship (distress, pressure, trouble) produces patient endurance; and endurance, proven character (spiritual maturity); and proven character, hope and confident assurance [of eternal salvation]. ⁵ Such hope [in God’s promises] never disappoints us, because God’s love has been abundantly poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

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1. Succumb

2. ​Survival

3. Resilience

4. Thriving

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What is the difference between surviving, resilience, and thriving? Talk among yourselves and then share some thoughts.

​Surviving simply means to continue to live or exist. When uncertain and unexpected events happen, we respond in a way that enables us to keep on existing. Our quality of life, however, has been diminished because we are unable to adapt to the unexpected events.

​Resilience refers to our ability to cope with uncertainty by bouncing back. In psychology, resilience is defined as an individual’s ability to adapt to life challenges.

​Thriving is a condition beyond resilience and surviving, when reinvention occurs after an uncertain or unexpected event.

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In essence, thriving occurs when we use uncertainty to innovate and transform.

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So more than bouncing back, we are able to bounce forward and breakthrough to something new.

​James 1:2-4

Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials. Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace]. And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your faith], lacking in nothing.

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