I wrote an article some time ago about being resilient. Being resilient means that you can bounce back from anything and that you are capable of being stretched, but not broken.  When I first thought about this, I thought about a rubber band and how you can twist, pull and yank, yet it allows goes back to its original shape.  How resilient are you?  Think of a tall tree weathering a storm.  They too shift and sway with the force of the wind or rain.  In the morning, they are back to normal and sometimes have new leaves and branches growing after the last storm.  The next time you feel that you are being pulled into different directions, remember to persevere by being resilient.  At the end of the day or the beginning of a morning, you will be back to your normal self and having endured a situation will allow you to gain knowledge & strength that you perhaps did not think you had.