You don’t drown by falling in the water
You drown by staying there
All Posts Tagged “Responsibility”
Integrity
“Integrity has no need of rules.” — Albert Camus
You Can’t Have it Both Ways
You can have excuses or results but you can’t have both.
Change Can Only Start With Change
Nothing will change in your life until you accept that you have to make changes. Want to change a relationship? It will not happen by itself. Sometimes there are hard choices to make and you have to be the one to make the choices to have a different outcome.
Sometime You Just Have to Walk Away
Sometimes you just have to walk out the door on the relationship. You may stumble on the way out, but your past experience tells you that you will soon get back up.
Two Ways to Live Life
There are only 2 ways to live life. Whatever is happening, tolerate it and let it happen or take the responsibility to change it.
Give Your Children Four Choices
Give your children four choices when they become an adult.
Education
Enlistment
Employment
Engagement
Wiping their nose at every turn and becoming a rescuer will not prepare them for life. Teach them early on that they have to have responsibility in the household and that everyone needs to contribute. Don’t allow them to sit around and do things for them and then tell them at 18 that now is the time to get up and walk on their own. You need to lead them and give them the confidence to take those steps. You need to prepare your child how to react to failure, because this is the real world. Once you’ve done this, then they can move forward with the four choices.
Teach Children to Count on You
Teach children to count on you, but not depend on you. Your love is unconditional – you bailing them out, is not.
Your Attention Please
Your attention please
No one is coming to rescue you.
This life of yours is 100% your responsibility