“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”—Eleanor Roosevelt
Personal responsibility seems to be lacking these days. As such opportunity is lost. Every day, we make decisions—choices to grow or to remain stagnant. We choose to complain or be grateful. We are not victims unless we choose to be. “The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances” (Aristotle).
Viktor Frankl was a man who could certainly have succumbed to his circumstances. Instead, he believed that “everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way”. I wholeheartedly agree.
Today is an opportunity to be (extra)ordinary. Accept it with gratitude.
Be your best today; be better tomorrow.
Carpe momento!
“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.”—Jim Rohn