What makes you a survivor, when everything around you is falling apart? What is the one thing/person you seek first, and why? Is there a 'first responder' in your life?

I cling to my deep Faith to help me survive, as well as a few sincere and trustworthy friends, who accept me just the way I am with all the variables in my life. My life is devoid of any family support at this time, so my friends are my family.

My other strength is the gift of laughter. If we cannot learn to laugh at ourselves and some of our own idiocincracies, our lives will not be happy ones.

So, the question is, "What makes you a survivor, and why?" [I see many here at PC].