The Word that Defines me

Main Entry:
re·sil·ient
Pronunciation:
\-yənt\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Latin resilient-, resiliens, present participle of resilire to jump back, recoil, from re- + salire to leap — more at sally
Date:
1674
: characterized or marked by resilience: as a: capable of withstanding shock without permanent deformation or rupture b: tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.



Resilience has been my biggest principle. I learned of the action early on in my youth, when forces beyond my control took my best friend away from me when I was nine. Death was something of an enigma, and on that day I learned just what a blow it can deliver. I look back at it now and I am thankful for what happened, as out of my childhood desparity came a mustard seed of determination. The bad always happens to the good, but what separates the good from the great is how one comes back after a knee dropping hit. To quote Rocky Balboa "Its not about how many hits you can take, its about how many hard hits you can take and still get up" Resilience is a word that many would use to define me, always filled with purpose and seeing every upset as a window to another oppurtunity.