The survivor mind

One of the most important things taught in wilderness survival training is to keep a positive mental attitude (PMA) it's what drives those in difficult situations to survive when others become victims, PMA is not trying to convince yourself of something unrealistic, that only leads to disappointment (or worse), instead it's a mental toughness that gives you the ability to look past the current situation to the time when it will be in the past, the victim mind sees the hopelessness, the impossibility, the survivor knows this is temporary. The same holds true for everyday life, the survivor can look beyond his circumstance while the victim looks for someone or something to blame for his, some people are raised from childhood to be victims, mainly because society keeps trying to tell them it's not their fault when things go wrong, and their parents refuse to lead by example, they grow up with resentment because of the problems they have and the things they don't, but because they only see their problems and remember the "it's not your fault" lie they become paralyzed and feel they cant do anything to change, victim think can corrode into criminal actions, when they feel justified taking the things that society has kept from them, just four words separate the victim from the survivor..."this too will pass" you may or may not be rich but you will survive.