"I Am Not Taking the Blame, I Am Accepting Responsibility"

"I am now willing to forgive myself…for refusing to acknowledge what my life is showing me about myself.

Your life is a reflection of you. Everything that is coming at you from out there is coming to show you where work is required on yourself. As you shake your head No, and point at all the people you can blame for what is going on with you, you miss another divine opportunity to examine what is really going on within you. Until you are willing to accept total and complete responsibility for every aspect of you life, your life will keep sending you experiences designed to get your attention.

It can be difficult to acknowledge your role in the annoying little messes and great big disasters in your life. No one likes to take the blame!!!! Quite often, we confuse accepting responsibility for bearing the blame. When you are the one to blame, it means you are somehow at fault…and must be punished. To avoid punishment, we look for someone else to put the blame on. In doing so, we miss an opportunity for self correction.

Rather than looking for who is to blame, think about who is responsible. Accepting responsibility means examining the choices made. A choice is usually made in reaction or response to some sort of stimulation. The outcome reveals what kind of choice was made. When you are trying to escape blame and punishment, the outcome will lead you to speak to others. When you are willing to accept responsibility for your choices, the outcome leads you to self evaluation and self correction.

Until Today, you may have believed that if you were to blame, you would be punished. Just for today, take blame out of the life evaluation equation. Honestly examine the situations in your life about which you are not pleased. Forgive yourself for not accepting your full share of responsibility. Put yourself in the center of your life, and accept full responsibility for all the things that may be spinning out of control.

Today, I am Devoted to Acknowledging my Responsibility for Every Aspect of my Life."~ Unknown