Resilience is part of your nature, and the more deeply you see that, the more easily you will access that resilience.
In a recent episode of The Daily Show, Senator Cory Booker contrasted going through life as a thermometer or a thermostat. The thermometer is at the effect of circumstances; the thermostat has an inherent capacity to adjust, adapt, and respond. As human beings, we can not only do that, we can learn and evolve. Remembering that can make all the difference.