We may as well be honest with ourselves because if we're not, we'll
form a pattern of making excuses for everything we do that goes wrong.
Before you know it we'll be blaming our co-workers for our not getting
the promotion we've been expecting but didn't get or worse our
children because we had to spend too much time taking care of them.
And if we're friendless, we'll always blame it on everyone else for
being too hard to get along with instead of being understanding of our
sensitive personalities. We'll always have an excuse for failure so
that we never have to take responsibility for anything.

Why take responsibility? Well first of all, it will keep us from
boring everyone with our whiny drivel about what victims of life we
are.

I've got some startling news! People don't want to hear it!
Especially those persons who are successful because they have overcome
tougher hardships than the complaints they're hearing. They get quite
irritated and I don't blame them. They've earned the right to be
critical.

If we don't look to ourselves when things go wrong, how are we ever
going to fix the character flaws that are keeping us from reaching our
goals and accomplishing our dreams? How are we going to teach our
children to be strong when we are weak and without depth? They won't
respect or listen to us because our hypocrisy will destroy any message
we try to present to them.

What we need in our daily routines, our careers and business dealings
is a firm commitment to look to ourselves when things go wrong and see
how we could have performed better, related more clearly or loved more
deeply.

Each of us has the power to take control of our lives rather than
looking to others to make things right for us. Taking responsibility
will always give us what we want because no one is going to know us
better than we know ourselves. Trusting others with our destiny is
the same as giving up our autonomy. We lose our right to have what we
want every time we make an excuse that we lost out on something
important because someone else kept us from getting it or some
unrelated incident got in the way.

If you wish to insure that your life is fulfilled, discipline yourself
to take control over the issues in life that can easily take control
over you. Be the boss of your life and live it with strength,
objectivity, and courage.

Margaret Lukasik
Christian Teacher and Life Coach

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