A lot of people believe their future is determined by what has happened to them in their past.   For them that is true, because they are choosing to live in victim-hood.  But your past doesn't have to determine your future unless you let it.

Likewise, who you will become isn't determined by what’s happening to you right now either…

You may have just won $50 million in the lotto, or you could have just received a negative medical diagnosis.  Either one is an external influence that can’t alter your character unless you allow it to.

So what really sculpts you into who you become?

How you respond to what happens to you.  The perspective you view it from and the decisions you make about it.    And the really good news is that you get to decide that.