Sturdy

Just looking at this picture I think of how many thousands - millions - of years this coast has existed. Of course there have been changes, but basically this landscape has been 'going on' for a long time.

And it made me think of the word 'sturdy'. Part of the etymology: substance, firm..courageous are just some of the meanings. A client was talking about the word in the context of her parenting.

But I have been thinking of the word. Wondering about 'sturdiness' in me, in my life. How sturdy am I? 

And...what can I do to feel/be/believe I am sturdier? 

Just a question but one that has been 'playing' in my mind a lot in the last few days.