Attitude builds resiliency

There once was a man named Viktor Frankl, his name was taken away and replaced with the number 119,104.  Viktor was a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp during the second world war.  What is so special about this man is that he left us with this great message "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given circumstances."
This should be a sobering reality to a lot of us who have been to the point where we are complaining about the little petty things life throws are way.  In saying that, a trip to the Nazi's version of death row is nowhere near the level of receiving an unfair grade or being gossiped about by others.  What Frankl's view does leave us with is the ability to understand that no matter what circumstances comes our way we have a choice in how we view them.
Resiliency is one's ability to cope and deal with stress.  In understanding that hardships are a part of life and we can't avoid them, we have to now shift focus and control the only thing we can and that is how we view situations.  Is this an easy proposition, no but it is attainable.  Let us view Frankl mindset through shifting two letters and see if we can gain from it.  These two letters are "im" and "or".
The first of the two is "im" and when we place it after the four letters "vict" we allow ourselves to be in a position more likely to be invited to a pity party in our mind and soul.  Now let us replace "im" with "or" after the four letters "vict" and we see that its a celebration of how we choose to feel no matter what comes our way.  Being a victim is at times a lot easier but in the long run damaging because we are not building resiliency for future trials and tribulations.  Seeing ourselves in the role of the victor no matter what circumstances we face provides us with the knowledge that we have something that can never be taken away, our choice of attitude.