Six Questions to Empower Yourself
You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons or the wind but you can change yourself
Photo Credit : The Birmingham Times
I used to have a "blame" list stored in the back of my mind for whenever anything went wrong in my life. The list included: my childhood, the weather, the system, my husband, my kids, the guy who cut me off in traffic and on and on.
But one day I heard this quote from Jim Rohn: "You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons or the wind but you can change yourself." I decided every time my "blame" list would try to weave its way back into my thoughts, I would mentally rip up that list and replace it with my new one. Who is responsible in my life for every day and every feeling that I have? Me. Who is responsible for my relationships, my finances, my fitness, my thoughts, my actions and my moods? Me. Every moment. Every day.
To reinforce this idea of personal responsibility I learned to ask myself these six empowering questions whenever I felt stuck.
This article originally appeared on : aish.com
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