10-Baggas Factory 10

[Jski]

Post this in your iBox and when the nutcases bother you send it back to them. Maybe they will get a clue that they have only themselves to blame!

Accepting personal responsibility includes:

*Acknowledging that you are solely responsible for the choices in your life.

*Accepting that you are responsible for what you choose to feel or think.

*Accepting that you choose the direction for your life.

*Accepting that you cannot blame others for the choices you have made.

*Tearing down the mask of defense or rationale for why others are responsible for who you are, what has happened to you, and what you are bound to become.

*The rational belief that you are responsible for determining who your are, and how your choices affect your life.

*Pointing the finger of responsibility back to yourself and away from others when you are discussing the consequences of your actions.

*Realizing that you determine your feelings about any events or actions addressed to you, no matter how negative they seem.

*Recognizing that as you enter adulthood and maturity, you determine how your self-esteem will develop.

*Not feeling sorry for the ``bum deal'' you have been handed but taking hold of your life and giving it direction and reason.

*Letting go of your sense of over responsibility for others.

*Letting go of blame and anger toward those in your past who did the best they could, given the limitations of their knowledge, background, and awareness.

*Working out anger, hostility, pessimism, and depression over past hurts, pains, abuse, mistreatment, and misdirection.