“We are each responsible for our own life – no other person is or even can be.” – Oprah

Today’s lesson involves accepting fully and completely that you are responsible for your life, and nobody else.  This is in direct contrast with the poor me, victim mentality that many people have.  If you have ever felt screwed over, if you’ve ever felt victimized, chances are you aren’t taking full responsibility of your life.  If you feel you are in a stuck situation and you can’t get out, it’s absolutely your responsbility to get yourself out, because it was you who put you there in the first place.

Of course there are things that are out of our control.  If a tornado decides to touch down in the city you live in where tornados aren’t prone, well damn diggity that just sucks.  However, its still your responsbility to protect yourself and those close to you if a tornado does touch down.

I’ll tell you why people don’t take responsibility for their life.  Its too easy not to.  Taking responsibility is hard and there’s a good chance that you will fail. A lot.  I remember in second year university  I studied so hard for my microelectronics midterm, which was worth 30% of my final mark.  I ended up getting a 3/30.  How degrading and humiliating I felt, to know I gave it my best and it still wasn’t enough.  After a pep talk from a good buddy of mine, I decided from that point on that I was going to take full responsbility for everything I do and everything that happens to me.  When negativity happens, know that you were responsible for creating it in someway.  Find the lesson.  The same goes when positivity happens.  good job, you created that!  How empowering, knowing that you can shape your destiny!  I’d say that’s pretty cool.

“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” – Abraham Lincoln