Personal freedom and responsibility belong together in these two reminders. One asks what I can own in my response. The other asks how much power I give to the approval of other people.
Personal freedom and responsibility: two choices
1) Responsibility
– Be ultimately accountable for your thoughts and emotions
– Do not point fingers towards anyone else
– Say to yourself that you, and only you are responsible for anything and everything you think and feel
2) Don’t care
– Don’t care to be liked by others
– Don’t do things because of what others think
– Even if you care – don’t react emotionally – choose the non-emotional response to any given situation
I know, very difficult.
But if you manage to make ‘just’ these two character traits yourself, you’ll be a different human. A free one.
