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4 reasons why it’s all your fault!

Responsibility can suck sometimes – but sometimes stuff is just your fault. Whichever way you talk it round, make it up, or pretty it over, sometimes – you are to blame for whatever the issue is.

Unfortunately though, all too often a person caught with their hand in the cookie jar (I too thought this was an annoying cliché until once, I was actually caught pinching one of mums freshly baked cookies from the kitchen… 8-O ) wont own up!

Anyway, I thought it might be interesting to list why sometimes…you should just accept responsibility. This doesn’t refer to responsibility for anything in particular, the same points could work against anything from annoying work-days to dodgy fashion choices…

1. You’ve been in the same situation before, and the results weren’t great. You willingly get into that situation again, this time hoping for different results; and then get annoyed when you don’t get them…Your fault!

2. In a conversation (discussion/argument) you get to that point where you know you are either right or wrong, but you continue to talk/comment/respond rather than just conclude – which gets you annoyed…Your fault!

3. You asked somebody you trust’s opinion, and they gave you great advice, and then you went against it & hated the results…Your fault!

4. You went against your own gut feeling & then hated the results…Your fault!


Sometimes…it’s just you, you know?  - But cheer up, you’re only human! :-)  

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Gaining from Loss

Ever lost something valuable and told someone, who then jokingly sang the infamous lyrics from Life of Brian? Infuriatingly funny, right? :-P Anyway, even though it’s an annoying cliché, it’s pretty much right on the mark.

When you lose something, you automatically gain something else (other than a bad mood) if you allow yourself to. – One of these things is perspective. You get to see things clearly, for what they are.

Unfortunately, we often only understand the importance of something until we lose it, and then annoy ourselves thinking about how we would have done things differently had we known the future outcome. How much nicer you would have been to your colleague today about that huge email error (or something), had you known he was going through a messy divorce, how much more sleep you would have gotten rather than staying up to watch the tele, had you known that studying would require you to be sleep deprived for years on end…

…This questionable little video illustrates that not everybody is affected positively by the whole ‘shoulda, woulda, coulda’ idea:

 

8-O However, I’m sure this doesn’t apply to you…and on a more serious note, have you ever gained from loss?

Thought you were important?

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Or are you? – How do you see it?

Respect is not a gift…

People chime on about how they want to be respected all time time…and too right, they should be.
However – never forget, that whilst no-one is better than you,  you aren’t better than anyone either.

Now, I won’t pretend the world is perfect and that we live in an era of mutual respect and love – Aretha did’t make that song for no reason! :-P – Yet, respect is not a gift, it must be earned.

This obviously doesn’t mean you should be treated like dirt until you move the earth, or discover life on another planet, but means, in my opinion, that you should treat anyone you meet with respect, and then expect to receive it in return.

It starts with you


(The image above is that of George Galloway, now leader of the Respect Party in England and Wales)

Connect the dots…?

The future – it doesn’t always make sense now – but it always does later, doesn’t it? The desire to predict the future is one that people seem to crave for. Being prepared for the unknown, having the upper hand on what will happen next, it seems to drive people crazy planning for tomorrow. However, one thing never fails; the fact that whatever you do, are doing or have done, will have an impact on the next thing that happens. I explored this idea a little more in a previous post and today, I encourage you to enjoy “the now”. 

Obviously, sometimes there are things in life that affect this feeling – unpaid bills, annoying jobs and the like - however the bottom line remains: you can only control “the now” and then and only then, will you set the platform for what is next. Sometimes in life, we must let the dots connect for themselves…

Everything is Worth Something

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Isn’t it amazing that every thing in life can teach you something else? My view is that nothing is too minor that one can’t take something from it, the exact same way nothing is too grand that one shouldn’t see beyond it. - Try to learn from everything.

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Don’t Worry That You Missed the Bus…

“…Don’t worry that you missed the bus, it gives you the chance to discover a new route to your destination…” – Dreama

If you are genuine, people will notice. If you are not, people will notice.

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Do we live in a world of “congratulations” for even the smallest of things? You take the rubbish out, you pay your bills, you recycle, great – you’re amazing! What, no medal!? 8-O - Write a letter of complaint to someone behind a desk, at once!

“…If you are genuine, people will notice. If you are not, people will notice.” – Dreama

Oh, I Get High!

“I don’t take drugs, but I get high off of faith all the time…”- Dreama

Real >

“Never let something or someone “fake” change the fact you are real…” – Dreama