If you often feel victimized by challenging situations or difficult people, take a moment to pause and ponder the possibility that you might be attracting them in order to distract yourself from your unexplored emotions. Some of our repressed feelings get projected out onto external circumstances and people. The resulting drama not only distracts us from looking within, it drains us energetically and slows down our personal growth because our focus is directed outward instead of where transformation really lies…

Within.