How to recognize and overcome victim mentality

"We all get to sit and cry; we all get to wonder why. We all get to experience pain; we all have days we cannot explain. This is an excellent way to describe the human condition. Regardless of the level of intensity everybody has the blues sometimes, and there is not a lot of choice in the matter. However, there is a choice we do manage to make; it is whether or not we're going to live as victims or victors."--