Looking closely at the mirror clearly reveals who is responsible for the kind of life you live right now - yes that’s you! Your behaviour, relationship, wealth, health, attitudes, debt, income, e.t.c are all created by you. Though it is said that external factors determine the way you live your live, the truth is that you and only you are in total control of the quality of life you live.
Now is the time to sit down and take a stock of all you have created in your life and decide what is working and what is not.
Of a truth, there are lots of good things happening in your life such as your income level, your children, your job, your sponse, your grades, e.t.c. Yes, congratulate yourself on these successes of yours made possible by God with you actively involved. Take a look also at all the things that are not working out so well. You then need to ask yourself these question, ‘What am I doing or not doing to create these ugly experience?’
You don’t need to blame any outside factor for the unhappiness you are experiencing.
Once you discover and realise that you are the one in charge of the experiences you create, you’ll also realise that the power to un-create them and create any new experience you desire lies in you. Note: You must take total responsibility for bad and good times, failures and successes, unhappiness and happiness.
The moment you stop blaming others or your environment, you can harness that energy and refocus it to create a far better situation for yourself. You also need to stop complaining.
Take a careful look at what you are complaining about - it, you’ll observe that it is something you can do something about. STOP COMPLAINING! Complaints ‘eat up’ your energy.
Embarking on a change to positively alter your situation might be difficult. It might imply that you need to put in more effort, money and time. It could also mean that someone gets offended about it! The end justifies the means. Face the incontrovertible fact that you can do something about your present situation.
People who make it in life take 100% responsibility for their thoughts, actions, the images they visualize, the kind of company they keep and a whole lot more.
They don’t sit down there whining and complaining about their situations. Once they sit down to evaluate their lives and discover changes need to be made, they go ahead with it. They face head-on, the uncomfortable and plunge into risks so that they can create the kind of life they want to live…they don’t sympathize with themselves.
Taking responsibility for your life implies three things;
- Believing that you are responsible for all that happens to you
- Paying close attention to yourself, your attitudes and the experiences you face in life
- Facing the truth and dealing with whatever is not working in your life.
Conclusively, you must be willing to change your behaviour in order to experience a different outcome. It is insanity to keep doing the same thing over and over again and thereafter experiencing a different or better result. Commit to taking 100% responsibility for all that happens to you in life.
