At least on a cosmic level—and almost always on a practical level, everything we have in our lives is because we created, promoted or allowed it.
One could argue that nobody creates an airplane crash for themselves. And no one is responsible for a child’s leukemia. But ultimately, we ARE all responsible for our lives. And many of the things we would be unwilling to admit that we created, we often promote or allow to continue.
If everything has purpose and meaning, and everything can serve to teach us what we need to learn, then I think it’s a useful belief that we are largely, if not completely, responsible for everything that happens.
With this approach, we can stop blaming ourselves and others and put the focus on making the changes we want instead of lamenting, complaining and bemoaning our circumstances.
For much of my life, I thought responsibility meant blame. The question, “Who’s responsible for this mess?”, is probably something you’ve heard that way, as well.
But responsibility actually means the ability to respond. And it’s incumbent upon us to acknowledge what’s in our life, determine how we caused, promoted or allowed it—and decide to keep it, change it or dump it.
What are you causing, promoting or allowing in your life? And what are you going to do about it?
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