[loco5niner]

> Some people experience events in life that are beyond their control, that shape their attitudes.

I would say, rather, that peoples attitudes shape their responses to events in life that are beyond their control.

[s-shellfish]

I think that's an attitude that's based on how one sees one's sense of self. If you have to function primarily by basically, being reminded of yourself through people who act like you used to, then you don't have the same perception of what a self is, or what an attitude is. Because you see how attitudes build through attitudes beyond your control.