Are you a control freak? If asked that question, of course, many of us would reply with a resounding “NO!” And I’d have to agree with many of them. Why? Because many of us do not have a strong sense of our personal responsibility.

We are taught very early that if we did not “do it”, then we are to point out the blame to someone, or something else. “The dog ate my homework”; how many teachers have heard that one over the decades? “I over-slept; the alarm clock did not go off”. It’s interesting and very convenient to note that we often point our finger at objects that cannot fight back. Well, let me ask you did your dog open your backpack or book bag, search through your folder and pull out your current homework and eat it? Or did you leave in on a table where it could fall to the floor so your dog could get to it. As for waking up, did your alarm clock not go off, or were to so weary from staying up so late that you did not set it correctly?

If you were a true control freak, you would take responsibility for your actions and those things you impact. The minute you point your finger at someone else, you are giving all the control away. Even in more serious offenses; if you break a law, and in your guilt you do not take responsibility then that makes officials work all the harder to prove that you did it. If you don’t think the shoe will fall harder once they prove it, you are mistaken.

Remember the old saying; “When you point a finger at another, remember there are always three other fingers pointing at yourself”. Try it … point at something and look at your pointing hand. Do you see the three fingers pointing back to you? Take responsibility.

Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard