Accountability breeds
response-ability. – Stephen Covey
The power of choice with which
man has been endowed is either his greatest blessing or his greatest curse. Properly
understood, it can lift him to the heights; misunderstood, it can drag him to
the depths. He is free to choose anything, which he wishes, but he must accept
the responsibility for his choices, because inexorable Law will create his
experiences according to his choices. – Ernest Holmes Practical Application of the Science of Mind
Frederic William Farrar, British cleric and philologist once said, "There
is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true
to the best one knows." That truth to the best we know is our key to
prosperity accountability for our best always includes sufficiency and
compassion.
But, we must hold ourselves as
responsible for all we experience. Too many of us blame others for everything
wrong as we praise ourselves for everything right. We are a community of
thoughtful, sometimes not so thoughtful, actors relating with each other but we
decide how we relate and what we contribute to our community. Our decisions
inform our responses and our responses inform later decisions. Regardless of
where we draw our basis for choice, we do the choosing.
In some classes and workshops,
people chose an accountability partner to hold them accountable for the
intentions they set and the commitments they make. If I need someone else to
hold me accountable, I affirm to myself that I am untrustworthy. My ability to
trust anyone begins with my own respect for my own trustworthiness. It is
simple. If we desire what we say that we want, we do all that is necessary,
motivated by our desire. When our desires are in harmony with humanity's wellbeing, with love for God and all, then our actions are of the highest order
and the Universe provides what we seek.
Loving our neighbors as ourselves;
giving them freely what we most need to receive, these are the only necessary guidelines
to accountability. We speak only the truth and when we speak, we hold to that
truth, always doing what we say we shall do by the time we say we shall
complete it; and always with an eye toward a universal win. How can I prosper
myself by prospering the world? What may I do for others that vitalizes my
body, fully expresses my highest self, imbues me with love, and provides me
with lavishly abundant financial freedom? That is real accountability to me.
Now, I choose to allow the Divine
to inform my choices while retaining my freedom to select the best choices that
I desire to experience. I make my choice with love and compassion in the mix
and then I release my choice to the Law of Spirit in action, which provides me
with my desire. I retain my responsive accountability for my choices and trust
the Divine to carry them out so in gratitude I prosper and so it is.
John
John Lusk
“First
you ask definitely for direction, then it will enter your consciousness as a
definite thought; then in your turn you give it back the thought and it will
give you back the thing. It answers every question, solves every problem; it is
the solution to every difficulty.” Ernest Holmes
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