Sondra wrote:
Although this isn't a popular subject, it really needs to be discussed. I am talking about taking sole responsibility for the direction your life takes. It's all to easy for us to point our fingers at someone and blame them for the state of things around us, our unhappiness... but ultimately, the responsibility is yours and yours alone. Tat: Hi Sondra, I'm putting those words of yours out there again, because they deserve to be heard repeatedly. How often have you heard words like these: "He makes me SO ANGRY!" HE doesn't do any such thing. He just does or says what he feels he must do or say. WE are the ones who then choose how to respond. If we allow ourselves to get freaked out, then it is WE who have made ourselves angry, not the 'offender' who has "made us angry". Societies such as ours our quick to externalise blame and divert responsibility: There is "diminished responsibity" if we've committed a crime under the influence of alcohol. If we kill a partner who has been unfaithful, it's a "crime of passion", as if there was any excuse in the world for murder. Another loop-hole is "bad parenting" -"Gee, Officer Krupke, it isn't my fault; my parents were the *real* baddies." If we aren't going to accept responsibility for our failings, then how can we ever honestly take credit for our triumphs? OWN your life; with all its vices and its victories! --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using World Mail. http://www.worldonline.co.za *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
