Someone once told me I was the most resilient person they’d ever met. After my divorce I set out to study that word and embrace it. I couldn’t find any definition that encompassed the full value of the word to me, so I wrote my own:

Resilience (Noun) – /rəˈzilyəns/
the ability to bounce back, return, or rebound after deterrence or defeat. Buoyancy.
To push through, unscaved and un-slighted, any circumstance or situation.
To proceed with resolute determination, giving no regard to attempted diversions,set-backs, let-downs, heartbreaks, poor judgements, unkept promises or disappointments.
To recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune.
The ability to spring back after initial plans or anticipations fall through.
To remain standing upright in the smoke-clearing of the battlefield.