Yes-vember's 'Wins-Day Win'

This month’s celebratory win is for a mindset rather than an individual.

I recognize this particular mindset in those who manifest the most magnificent personal metamorphoses!

Do you self-identify as a Survivor or as a Victim?

We can choose to see ourselves as the victim of circumstances, or the survivor of them.

This distinction is fundamental to who we become and what we experience from the world.

It is the basis for how we see ourselves that others will see us, and define us.

We all face tests in this life, some we are born into, some we manifest, some simply occur as if by fate. How we define our tests will define how we see ourselves…be a survivor, please. When you recognize yourself as a survivor, you find lessons in your tests. You become stronger through your survival and continued perseverance!

Victims unfortunately tend to be focused on blame and resentment; they have been wronged, they have no control. When you see yourself as a victim, there is never a solution within your own control, no power to take back…things are simply hopeless.

Thankfully, there is one surefire way of determining if you are a survivor or if you are a victim.

Check for a breath!

If you are breathing you are surviving. Victims, sadly, lose their ability to breathe.

Focus on what’s right and healthy within you and grow that potential, daily.

Remember that ‘life is about progress, not perfection.’ Are you moving forward or backwards in your development? Only you know for certain! If you are stagnant you aren’t growing. Always reach for being the best ‘you’ possible, and you will eventually get closer; just never think you’ve made it as far as you need to go. That’s the catch. Once you stop taking steps forward toward your goal of who you see yourself to be, you end up being something less than you deserve. 

Who has chosen to see themselves as a survivor of life rather than its victim?

For me, I simply strive each day to be the best I can be. I see the world as having limitless potential for those who are willing to fully participate. I believe I have been blessed beyond belief, no matter what has happened, it could have always ended worse!

As new challenges are faced in life, I encourage you to do so as a survivor would. 

Facing a new challenge as a victim has only one ending, failure. Facing a new challenge with the force of being a survivor, however, allows you to maintain a mindset of success in the moment; which will allow you to see more positive outcomes along the way, rather than inevitable doom. 

If all you see is doom, you will never manifest success! 

Success has many definitions along the way, make certain survival is the first of them. Then add gratitude to your daily routine, and you will find yourself more and more accomplished, with each new challenge.

It truly can be that easy, that simple.

Once you allow your definition of success to include survival, you are a survivor! No more self-abuse for how you survive something. No more pointless blame that simply leads to useless resentments and feelings of victimhood. Just celebrate that you survived! Accept the lesson and move along your pathway towards whatever progress you see possible.

Don’t settle, keep striving; you can accomplish what you set your goal to be!

Simply because you see something in a very specific way, every time you focus on it, doesn’t mean that’s the only way it can be seen. You have the capacity to change your perspective; the choice to be a survivor rather than a victim is actually YOURS!

In any circumstance, no matter how out of our control, we should never lose that perspective…it will give us power when we need it most! Even when death is our only outcome, do it as a survivor until proven otherwise.

Being a victim will change nothing, and will ruin everything else along the way. 

Embrace the strength it takes to be a survivor! 

If you are scared you can’t do it, ask someone for help.

Don’t believe me…reach out, let’s chat