Excerpt from As You Believe

Today I am called to share an excerpt from this incredible book "As You Believe" by Barbara Dewey. Keep in mind that this powerful book was written in 1985. I opened the book, eyes closed, felt around, got to page 91, and heard, "Top right." This is where we landed today:

"The choice is yours. No one but you is making you a victim of the game you play.

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Another way of making others wrong (and ourselves right) is to blame them for our misfortunes. Characteristically, we blame our parents for the insufficiencies or our childhood. We blame society for its selfishness. We blame mates for our marital problems. We blame our children for their lack of gratitude. We blame the Japanese or the Arabs for our economic difficulties, the Russians for our international problems, and God for His indifference. We blame our misfortunes on germs, the other political party, the other driver, the greedy rich, the indolent poor, the unions or management, the ecologists or the developers.

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We pay a high price for the privilege of blaming someone or something else for our difficulties. The underlying statement we make is that germs, mates, bosses, other drivers, etc., have a greater power and can use that power more effectively than we. Every time we blame something external to ourselves, we give away some of our own power to control our destinies. Blame God and we become his toys. Blame the weather or germs and we become the prey of our very environment. (Germs, incidentally, are just as numerous around healthy people as they are around the sickly.) Blame other nations, and we concede that we are a second-rate power. Blame the government and we announce that we are its subjects. Blame our families and friends and we cast ourselves in the role of victim to their designs."

Wow. The layers of relevancy are incredible.

Reading this excerpt, I can see where I am playing the victim in my life. Are you able to do the same?

Now you and I have a choice to continue to play the victim role or stop blaming others for our creations.

I'm not saying this is an easy shift in perspective, but it is possible. We just need the willingness to own our power and take responsibility for what is showing up, whether it's good, bad, or indifferent.

Here's to choosing whichever role you want to play. All of it is the right answer.

With lots of LOVE,
Teresa

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