"The universe must be like, what more do I have to do to wake these people up? Make water, their most precious resource, rain down from the sky? " - Jen Sincero I'm grateful I live on a planet with scenes like this one. This quote from Sincero's book, You are a Badass , resonated with me and helped me realize how much more gratitude I need to be giving towards the universe and my experiences. It's very easy to fall into a victim mentality. While we all need sympathy and care every once in a while, thinking the world is against you and there's nothing you can do about it won't help you achieve your goals. Of course, that's easier said than done. It takes a lot more effort to put yourself head-first into the world and its scary setbacks and opportunities of failure it provides, but it's the only way to improve yourself in the long run. Negative thinking patterns such as always finding a way to make yourself the victim in any given situa...