Responsibility

I am responsible for my life…

for my feelings…

for my personal growth…

and for every result I get.

“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

Responsibility is a choice, and it truly is the key to freedom.

It is like locking yourself in a mental prison if you don’t take responsibility.  This type of prison is much worse place to live than a federal prison. This mental prison can destroy relationships and self-image and even cause your physical health to deteriorate.

When you refuse to take responsibility, you turn over your power to others, and you are no longer in control of your future.

“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” Dr. Rollo May

Here is one of the biggest misunderstandings of this concept. There is a vast difference between being responsible “FOR” and being responsible “TO.” The correct interpretation is that you are responsible FOR your feelings and results – not another person’s. You may be responsible TO another person for one thing or another, but not FOR another person. With one exception, when you choose to take on the responsibility of raising children until they reach the age of maturity. In this case, you are both responsible TO and FOR them until they become responsible for themselves.

Take responsibility for your life and don’t become dependent on others where they are the giver, and you are the receiver, and your well-being depends on their generosity.

“Responsibility is the price of greatness.” – Winston Churchill