Yesterday I was thinking about resiliency, and how this can often feel like an after-the-fact quality.

Because how do you know you’re being resilient when you’re in it?

You don’t.

You’re busy.

You simply push through.

But after it’s over, you might look back, and you say, “Did I really do that? Was that me?”

You might think, “If I could do that, I could do anything.”

You think, “I’m resilient — and here’s the proof.”

You see that you’re the proof.