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What we say we want and what we do are two very different things.
If you’re still blaming anyone for how your life is, you’re not living in the present and you have zero chance of being happy. Nobody had a perfect childhood—nobody—and a lot of people have lived through bad relationships, serious health issues and untold traumas. The reality is that whatever happened to you before now is located permanently in the past. Those chapters of your life are written and there are no rewrites. No matter what you do, you cannot change what has already happened.
Emotionally mature adults demand responsibility for their own lives.
It isn’t your birthright to be handed everything on a silver platter.
Take responsibility for yourself and your life. You’ll be amazed at how good it feels to accomplish things yourself—to be able to stand tall and say, “Yes, I did that!”
Your life is a reflection of your choices. If you don’t like what those choices have gotten you up to this point, suck it up and admit it, and then make different ones. Face the truth of what isn’t working in your life and what you have to do about it—then do it.
If you feel like people take advantage of you all the time, you are not a victim, you are a volunteer.
Every minute you spend whining about how you were wronged is a minute of joy lost.
Either you want something different or you don’t. If you do, then you have to do something different.
Your stresses and worries will show up in your physical body in one way or another and your words are already telling you how, so pay attention.
You are unhappy because you’re in a situation that isn’t working and you’re looking for ways to pretend it is. Stop it. Whatever is on your mental list of things he can do to fix the situation—won’t.
If you want others to treat you differently, start treating yourself differently. If you want others to act differently, start giving them a good example to follow.
Get in the habit of asking yourself why you want what you want.
Defining the dream is essential, but it’s also essential to know what’s lurking in the shadows to keep you from having it: your limiting subconscious beliefs.
When you’re living on purpose, you don’t have time to waste on things that hold you back. So, whatever you decide to do, do it
