Most of the time we blame our state of affairs on the following outside sources:
- Family
- Environment
- Government
- Luck
- Education
- Opportunities
- Skills
- Others
Taking this victim mentality does not help us in the long run.
Despite the fact that we have started with no control over these forces, over time we gain control and can direct, redirect, or change all of these situations. Negative beginnings can act as great character builders. We can cultivate these difficulties—by turning them into life lessons--and use them to our advantage. For example, coming from poor family and living in destitute conditions is considered a disadvantage. However, if you look at it through a different lens, you are learning discipline, and to live off of less. With this experience, one can learn that they are strong enough to go without luxury--not only a valuable lesson for life, but a power many people lack. Not only will this make hard times easier, but it will make every success more meaningful.
Negative situations drive us to push for the opposite outcome. If you came from a bad family life, this should drive you to be different and allow your children to have a better one. Also, the public loves and underdog because everyone relates with hard times.
If you were born rich, and came from a great place with no obstacles, no one will understand what that’s like.
Things might be slow going at first, but just imagine you’re river water. Soon the stream will flow into a waterfall, with crushing force. You will erode away rock, slip around corners, leak through cracks until your force builds so much momentum it floods everything/one. Only you can put a box around yourself. And only you can pull yourself out of that box.
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