You stop viewing yourself as being "pushed around" by the world when you realize that only you can "push" yourself. To quote Buddha: "Nothing is upsetting you. You get upset because you are upsettable."
Ken Keyes Jr.The past is dead; The future is imaginary; Happiness can only be in the Eternal Now Moment.
Ken Keyes Jr.All there is in your life is the eternal now moment - and your experience of this moment is created by the programming in your head.
Ken Keyes Jr.