Self-Improvement|Self-Improvement Reviews|Spiritual Development Reviews » responsibility http://www.rogerrecommends.com Reviews of Self-Improvement and Spiritual Development information Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:11:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Take The Responsibility http://www.rogerrecommends.com/take-the-responsibility/self-improvement http://www.rogerrecommends.com/take-the-responsibility/self-improvement#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:35:18 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerrecommends.com/?p=813 This article is by Vic Johnson (excerpted from Day by Day with James Allen) (Source: Your Achievement Ezine).

"A person is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions." - As A Man Thinketh

One of the great weaknesses of our society today is the growing attitude of victimization. Many people claim themselves to be victims of some outside force. "I had to file bankruptcy because of my ex-wife…", "If my company hadn't laid me off…", "If that driver hadn't pulled out in front of me…"

When we are victims of circumstances, or as James Allen says, a "creature of outside conditions", we have no power. We have given over the power in our life to the circumstances. The longer we give power to our circumstances the worse or circumstances become.

In his book, "Above Life's Turmoil", Allen writes, "You imagine your circumstances as being separate from yourself, but they are intimately related to your thought world. Nothing appears without an adequate cause."

To get control of our circumstances we must first acknowledge personal responsibility for being where we are. That was the hardest part for me because the "victim" in all of us doesn't want to take that responsibility.

When we take the responsibility we must then take control of our thoughts. And, yes, in the beginning that can be hard. It seems sometimes that it's our nature to first think negatively. But that's just because it's the habit we´ve developed. And like any habit, it can be changed by replacing it with the habit of thinking the right way.

One of my favourite teachers, Emmet Fox, writes: "You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come because you were depressed. You can change your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will change to correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working."

And that´s worth thinking about.

--Vic Johnson

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