victimhood!

Michael wrote -

> An interesting point was made further down
> the board about saying "I am
> responsible" even if you're cut off in
> traffic.

> I'd like to point out... you are responsible
> if you get cut off in traffic.

> You chose to get into your car and drive.
> You chose to take the route you did. You
> chose to leave at the time you left. You
> chose to drive at the speeds you drove at to
> arrive at the cut off point. You chose to do
> all of those things. If you'd chosen to
> drive slower or faster or go via a different
> route or leave later or sooner, that cut off
> would not have happened as it did.

> I've been involved in one car accident with
> me behind the wheel...

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And that was my very point. I just didn't go into the detail you. Responsible people choose to think and act *exactly* as you described. The reason I used the example about being cut off in traffic is because most of us think we're not responsible when something like that happens. But you're right. We are. And that's also why I suggested the affirmation "I am responsible" when situations like that come up when a person feels they're not responsible. As you said, we are. But most don't feel that way. Sadder still is the fact that most don't care to change.

> I had been thinking, about a minute before,
> "I've never been involved in a car
> accident, I wonder what it's like".

*That* could've been a mistake. I've done the very same thing with the very same results. I've also had similar things happen but with good thoughts and good results. Again. We're the ones responsible for the thoughts. Some believe that those thoughts set into motion unseen forces that attract those things, both good and bad, into our lives. Control your thoughts. Control your destiny. Does it work? Well, it has for me when I've consciously used it.

Rick Smith, "The Net Guerrilla"