Responsibility is a choice and it truly is the key to freedom. Your future can be everything you have ever dreamed about and more. You have the talent and tools to experience a fulfilling and successful life, but you must first take ownership of them.
“When a person takes responsibility for their life and the results they are obtaining, they will cease to blame others as the cause of their results. Since you cannot change other people, blame is inappropriate. Blaming others causes a person to remain bound in a prison of their own making. When you take responsibility, blame is eliminated and you are free to grow.”
Val Van De Wall
A Mental Prison
Those who haven’t taken responsibility for their results and their lives often find themselves in a mental prison. Mental torment can destroy just about everything that is necessary for a meaningful life: self-image, self-respect, relationships and many other attributes. It can even cause a person’s physical health to deteriorate.
Responsibility opens the door and permits you to walk in freedom. If you find yourself in a confined mental state, know there is a way out. The master key that fits the lock is clearly marked and is within everyone’s reach. It is responsibility.
The Power of Responsibility
I think it would be fair to say that the people we have the greatest respect for are those who have accepted responsibility for every aspect of their lives. They don’t blame anyone else for their results. When confronted with an unfavorable situation, they are usually aware they have attracted the negative circumstance and know everything happens for a reason. When this happens, they merely learn their lesson and keep pursuing their goals taking responsibility for whatever happens every step along the path to success.
When people refuse to take responsibility for their lives, they reject their uniqueness and they turn all of their power over to other people, situations or circumstances. They are no longer in control of their future. They may hope for something good to happen, but because of past experiences, they most likely expect something they don’t want to happen. When you accept responsibility for your life and for the results which you alone determine, you will develop confidence that your dreams can be realized, that your plans can be carried out. This is a very empowering capability that we can all practice.
“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.”
Dr. Rollo May, Psychiatrist
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It takes great courage to accept responsibility for your life. It’s so much easier to blame someone else or something outside of you. George Bernard Shaw said, “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, they make them.” Shaw was right- those who win big in life take responsibility and create their own destiny.
Accepting Responsibility
You are responsible for all of the results in your life. You are responsible for your happiness. You are responsible for your health. You a responsible for your wealth. You are responsible for your emotional state. Regardless of what has happened in the past, the future lies ahead with an open slate, waiting for you to take control and create a wonderful life for yourself.
Winston Churchill, who certainly knew something about responsibility, said, “Responsibility is the price of greatness.”
Here’s a marvelous affirmation that you can verbalize every night before you go to sleep and every morning as you awake.
“I am responsible for my life…for my feelings…for my personal growth…and for every result I get.”
