How to start?

by Lynn
(Michigan)

Question

I fight everyday to become the person I once was. But it seems like everyday she slips farther and farther away. I get one step up and something or someone is pushing me down telling me no. I see her, I feel her, but yet, I can't reach her. Please help... Lynn

Answer

First and foremost I want you to change just one thought - other people determine how I feel.

I want to you replace it with - I determine how I feel.

This is where you'll find yourself. By accepting total responsibility for your thoughts, feeling and actions. Total responsibility for your life.

I want you to start saying the words, "I am responsible." And I want you to say them every time someone makes you angry, every time someone tells you no and every time you feel under someone else’s control.

Your true self is within you. She's hasn't went anywhere. She's patiently waiting for you to listen to her again.