We have two chances at life, the second one begins when you realise you only have one.

Throughout our lifetime we are going to be met by different situations in our life's, some situations bring grief, some bring worry, some bring fear, some bring illness, some bring trauma. Sadly with every positive thing in life we will be met by a negative at some point or another. But have you falling into the trap of playing the victim? I mean don't get me wrong terrible things happen people every day and I wish it didn't, but what I mean by playing the victim is that story your telling yourself. For example say something horrible has happened to you when you were 16 years old, and now here you are at the age of 33 still holding onto to that same story/event in your life. What has happened you in the past is not your story, your story is the person it has shaped you to be, however too often it's the story or event that happened that we hold onto. With everything that happens in life it is truly how you react to it that will have the most impact. Your mindset is everything, it is really in how you decide to live or react.

How many times do you find yourself saying "why me?", why is everything bad happening to me, why did this have to happen to me. Our minds can slip into that victim mode so quick and before we know it we find ourselves being met by more worry, sadness and hardship.

I speak a lot in my yoga classes and workshops about how being open to being vulnerable allows you the confidence to know that what ever way you may be feeling today, there is at least 10 other people out there feeling the same way. I know if things go wrong or tragedy strikes I find myself saying what is this trying to teach me? And I know there is someone out there who's situation is way worse than mine. Often we fall into the victim mode over things that really aren't as bad as they seem, if you can begin to be aware of falling into victim mode that's when you can train your mindset to flip the negative to a positive. I say it again your mindset is everything, your mind listens to everything you say so be very careful about how you speak. So many of us hold a fear inside of us and stop ourselves from moving forward because we hold onto the story we once told ourselves.

Your attitude to live is going to push you to live the best version of you, you can stay in that place of being the victim or you can start writing a new story.

So whatever may have happened to you in your journey, every time you go back to that moment of tragedy your not allowing yourself to heal from it, healing takes time of course, but with healing we must learn to surrender to what has happened and begin to let it go, until you can learn to let your story go you will continue to fall into the same pattern.

In life we have two choices to play the victim or play the victor and its all to do with your mindset, when we fall into the victim mentality we view everything as being out of our control. When we have a victor mindset we view life as being bad at times or in a moment as it may be but with the hope and knowing that you will be victorious in the end of your healing and lessons, whatever your facing will not defeat you and you will come out stronger.

So I guess my question to you today is which are you?

The victim or the victor?

We have two chances at life, the second one begins when you realise you only have one.

Make every day a masterpiece.

Be victorious 🏆

love & light,

Megan