The mindest necessary to shift from Victim to Victor
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How do we overcome trauma and transcend it? How do we transform suffering into service to others and transform from victim to victor? I believe it is done by flipping the script. My first childhood memories are from a UN refugee camp in Chile. My dad was one of the tens ( by some accounts hundreds) of thousands arrested by dictator Augusto Pinochet after a violent military coup in September 1973. After my father’s release we took shelter under the protection of the UN in what was a Catholic center called Padre Hurtado. In a state of fearful limbo, we spent our time with hundreds of other refugees asking for political asylum any country that would take us. Mortal danger was a grim reality for all of us. We had to find a new place to build a life and go into exile without any hope of return.
Love this. In many ways, this can be summed up by the idea of having an "internal locus of control", which is basically developing the believe that the outcomes of our actions are contingent on what we do rather than events outside our personal control (external locus of control). In essence, do you make things happen, or are you at the mercy of chance? Overall life success can be directly tied to one's locus of control orientation one way or another.
Love this. In many ways, this can be summed up by the idea of having an "internal locus of control", which is basically developing the believe that the outcomes of our actions are contingent on what we do rather than events outside our personal control (external locus of control). In essence, do you make things happen, or are you at the mercy of chance? Overall life success can be directly tied to one's locus of control orientation one way or another.