Choice #6: Psychological

Happiness & High Self-esteem Choice 6: Psychological

I choose to accept full responsibility
for all of my choices and
never blame others.

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Thought

Psychology is the science of the mind that tries to explain why people think, act, and feel as they do. To understand yourself, you have to be honest. You need to recognize your faults and not waste time trying to find someone else to blame for your problems.

The “blame game” never works. When you make excuses for yourself or say others are responsible for your mistakes, you get trapped in a hole and chained to the past. Blaming others may also lead to anxiety, depression, and other psychological problems.

When you choose to examine yourself carefully and take full responsibility for your life, there is a domino effect that slowly changes the way you think, act, and feel. Your happiness and high self-esteem will grow as you find the power within yourself to be who you really want to be.

—KLF

Scripture

Let nothing be done
through strife or vainglory;
but in lowliness of mind
let each esteem other
better than
themselves.

—Philippians 2:3

Quote

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

—Grouch Marx

(An excerpt from the 13 Choices Happy Life Program)