Answer:They can be developed in response to difficult situations. Grit is the will and force to climb out of a poor situation and continue on. Resilience can again, push someone to continue and strive for more. Adversity forces people into situations they normally can't escape without these two characteristics. Hope this helps.
I am not quite sure what you want because that is not a question. Therefore there cannot be an answer. But, if you were looking for an opinion on that sentence I can give you that. First of all, caressed may not be the right word to use. You could go into more detail though.
Such as:
The sun looked down upon the plant, it reached out and lifted it up from the rain.
It could be along those lines, I hope that helps I really didn't know what you wanted to hear.