[e-nspirations] There is no one to blame.

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"Take your life in your own hand and a terrible thing happens.  
There's no one to blame."
-- Erica Jong
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We use so many words to keep our well being in the hands of others.  
We say to ourselves, "If only my children would listen; if only my 
boss would understand; if only I were smarter, better-looking, 
healthier."  We invite this negative self-talk, and we take no notice 
of the havoc that follows.  If-only thinking is victim thinking and 
results in poor-me behavior.  Poor-me behavior will keep us emptied 
of our resources and full of resentment.

Only when we take the reins and accept full responsibility for our 
lives can we be the architects of our fate.  As adults we are the 
sum total of all the decisions we have made, and most of what we have 
become we owe to ourselves.  Only when we accept this can we reclaim 
our lives and move on to better and better choices.

by Jean Kelley

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