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Sukhpreet Kaur

Reflection

Mental Fortitude

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

— Alfred Adler

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Why this matters:

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations. We are not victims of our history, but of the story we tell ourselves about that history. Fortitude is the active rewriting of a narrative from one of victimhood to one of agency.

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