Mary’s Minute
“Accept responsibility for your life. Know
that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” ~ Les Brown
We all depend on other people. We also feel obligations to help others. Sometimes our obligations are altruistic, in
that we feel that we have a responsibility to help others as part of our quest
to make the world a better place. We
also have obligations that are more intense, like our desire to care for
members of our family. Despite our
dependence on others and our obligations to others, we also have to understand
that the most important responsibility we have is to take responsibility for
our own lives.
I believe in being grateful for all the good in our lives,
but never placing blame for things that don’t go our way. Gordon Taylor used to always tell me that no
matter how bad things were for him, he knew there were people who had it so
much worse. Taking responsibility for
ourselves is about being grateful, but it is mainly about personal accountability. I give credit and gratitude for all the good
in my life, and for all the missteps, I take full responsibility. For me that is the only way to live a happy
and humble life.
Have a
great week!
Mary
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