In my previous post I brought up the role of resilience in people's life choices.

So, what is this thing we call resilience?

Simply put, it is the ability to deal successfully with adversity, trauma or stress. The ability to bounce back.

It is believe that rather than being an innate ability, resilience is a learned trait and can be developed.

The question then becomes: 'Why do some elect to develop it while others do not?'