RESPONSIBILITIES
I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING ABOUT ME - EVEN THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK. I AM IN CONTROL OF THE VAST RESOURCES OF MY OWN MIND.
I ALONE AM RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT I DO AND WHAT I TELL MYSELF ABOUT ME. NO ONE CAN SHARE THIS RESPONSIBILITY WITH ME.
I ALSO ALLOW OTHERS TO ACCEPT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEMSELVES AND I DO NOT TRY TO ACCEPT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEM.
I ENJOY BEING RESPONSIBLE. IT PUTS ME IN CHARGE OF BEING ME - AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE I ENJOY.
I ALLOW NO ONE ELSE, AT ANY TIME, TO ASSUME CONTROL OR RESPONSIBILITY OVER MY LIFE OR OVER ANYTHING THAT I DO. MY RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHERS IS AN EXTENTION OF MY OWN RESPONSIBILITY TO MYSELF.
I CHOOSE TO LEAVE NOTHING ABOUT ME UP TO CHANCE. WHEN IT COMES TO ME - AND ANYTHING IN MY LIFE - I CHOOSE TO CHOOSE.
MY CHOICES ARE MINE ALONE TO MAKE FOR MYSELF. I DO NOT, AT ANY TIME, ALLOW ANYONE ELSE TO MAKE MY CHOICES FOR ME. AND I ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERY CHOICE AND DECISION I MAKE.
I ALWAYS MEET ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS THAT I ACCEPT. AND I ACCEPT NO OBLIGATION THAT I WILL NOT MEET.
I AM TRUSTWORTHY. I CAN BE COUNNTED ON. I HAVE ACCEPTED WINNING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MYSELF - AND I ALWAYS LIVE UP TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES I ACCEPT.
THERE IS NO "THEY" ON WHOM I LAY THE BLAME, OR WITH WHOM I SHARE MY OWN PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. I HAVE LEARNED THE GREAT SECRET OF MASTERING MY OWN DESTINY. I HAVE LEARNED THAT "THEY' IS "ME".
I HAVE NO NEED TO MAKE EXCUSES AND NO ONE NEEDS TO CARRY MY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ME. I GLADLY CARRY MY OWN WEIGHT - AND I CARRY IT WELL.
EACH DAY I ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY - NOT ONLY FOR MY OWN ACTIONS BUT ALSO FOR MY EMOTION, MY THOUGHTS , AND MY ATTITUDE.
I ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR LIVING MY LIFE IN A WAY THAT CREATES MY STRENGTH, MY HAPPINESS, MY POSSITIVE, HEALTHY BELIEF, AND FOR MY PAST, MY PRESENT AND MY FUTURE.
THAT'S A GOOD ATTITUDE - THE KIND OF ATTITUDE THAT MOST OF US COULD DO WITH A LITTLE MORE OF. IT IS AN ATTITUDE THAT GETS US TO STAND UP FOR OURSELVES AND BE COUNTED. IT IS AN ATTITUDE THAT WE CAN, IF WE CHOOSE, EFFECT IN OUR OWN LIVES ANYTIME WE WANT. BUT IT IS JUST ONE ATTITUDE OF MANY THAT EACH OF US CAN ADDRESS AND PUT INTO MOTION JUST BY RECONVINCING OURSELVES - BY OVERRIDING THE OLD PROGRAMMING THAT TOLD US THAT OTHER PEOPLE, BY SOME STROKE OF FATE, COUNT MORE THAN WE DO.
THERE ARE MANY SUCH ATTITUDES. SOME OF THEM ARE LESS LOFTY, AND PERHAPS NOT AS DEMANDING. BUT THEY ARE MADE UP OF PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT SELF-TALK OF ALL -THE SELF-TALK OF SELF-BELIEF. THAT IS WHAT ATTITUDES ARE ALL ABOUT.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF ATTITUDE - CHANGING SELF-TALK THAT ANY OF US COULD USE FROM TIME TO TIME. IF I WERE EVER AGAIN TO TEACH IN A CLASSROOM. I WOULD ADD THE LESSON OF THIS SEFL-TALK TO MAY EVERYDAY CURRICULUM. IT IS ON OF THE MOST BASIC AND PRIMARY FORMS OF SELF-TALK. BUT THE ATTITUDE IT CAN CREATE IN US TOUCHES EVERY PART OF OUR LIVES. IT IS THE FABRIC FROM WHICH ALL SUCCESS IS WOVEN. IT IS THE GOD, GIVEN BIRTHRIGHT THAT ALL OF US WERE BORN WITH, AND DESERVE TO RETRIEVE, EMBRACE, ENJOY, AND POSSESS FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES . IT RESTORE US AND BUILDS US UP. IT STRUCTURES OUR CHARATER, SUSTAINS OUR STRENGTH, AND FORTIFIES, OUR COURAGE. IT IS THE INTERNAL SUBSTANCESOF SELF-BELIEF - IT IS THE SELF-TALK FOR SELF-ESTEEM.
