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Stanley Mentality
What does the future hold for us? No one knows, no one knows for

sure, only God. With anticipation and optimism we view it as a variety

program or better yet as smooth road with bumps every let's say

million miles throughout which a myriad of events take place that can be

both positive and then again not so positive. However, a person should

always tend to look at their future with a constructive and upbeat outlook,

which enables them to grow in all aspects of their health triangle.

Nevertheless, there are those who view the future with a completely

unenthusiastic, depressing, downbeat, and negative outlook. This is

categorized as a victim mentality. Blaming everyone else for what occurs in

your life and
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They are searching

for lost treasure that had been lost for over ten years. One day Stanley

decides to run away with Zero from the whole camp environment because

they aren't being treated fairly and they also want to get to the bottom of

this lost treasure deal. So they set of by themselves to try to put the pieces

of the puzzle together. Here is where we see him overcoming victim

mentality. He sets out to search for a possibility of something good

happening to him other than befriending Zero. He stopped thinking

negatively things such as things are going wrong, or badly, or not to my

liking, then someone is to blame. It is necessary to identify the person(s),

circumstance(s), or source(s) of why things are not as I think they should be. He began to take action to overcome his pessimistic attitude. In the

end he found the treasure and it belonged to him through some family

relations. He therefore improved his economic status and got himself out of

camp reunited with his family, this proved to him once and for all that
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You are as real and authentic as any of the folks who would say

otherwise, and you have a right to be your own person. Loving yourself

better may very well require that you believe in yourself more fully. Are you

prepared to do this, or do you think that to do so would be pretentious?

Would it be better if everyone thought you were worthy and capable, but

you? And what about the change; do we really want to make changes in

our lifestyle, in order to get to a place where we enjoy life more overall?

Thinking positively can help you overcome victim mentality and surpass all

that negative things within your life. Learning to be resilient and adapt

effectively and recover from difficulty, or crisis can help you to bounce back

quickly. In Stanley's case, he was very resilient even when he faced great

hardships and tragedies. Viewing what goes wrong as a challenge to be

challenge will help people triumph over victim mentality. Remember we o

only live once and that's it. We have to make the most of it and be

individuals and strive to bring the ultimate best out of

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