Wednesday, May 16, 2007
"Responsibility -- the ability to respond -- is quite possibly the most powerful tool you can have for making positive, lasting change in your life. And the most amazing thing is the moment you declare 'I'm responsible' old doors close and new ones open...The word 'victor' replaces 'victim', and so many of the dreams you have forgotten come true. Pretty good deal, huh?"
-- John St. Augustine
Author of "Living An Uncommon Life"
When we are first introduced to the idea of taking total responsibility for our lives, it seems ludicrous. We look around us, at all the clutter , and feel overwhelmed by the idea that we could have caused it. We see the pain, the chaos, the walls of doubt and fear, and we tell ourselves that someone or something else did this to us. We look at the disease that plagues our bodies, the disfunction that riddles our relationships, the inconsistency that rules our finances and all the noise that holds back our spirit and we cannot fathom that we would have created any of this.
But if we are to know and experience true transformation, we simply must accept responsibility for it all. Because until we do that, we remain victims trapped by fate. Only responsibility can free us from that role. Only total responsibility allows us to step forth as conquerors to transform and rule our world. And that is a very good deal. A very good deal, indeed. May you always make up yourmind to swim.
*throbs @00:25 <3
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