1/31/06: What others say and do

What anyone else says or does is their choice. What you do with their words or actions is your choice.

Many of us take what others say and do within us and we give it life by giving our attention, energy and emotion to it. We take it personally and fool ourselves into believing it has something to do with us.

But we can choose differently. We can choose to leave what they said or did exactly where it belongs – with them.

Only they are accountable for their words and actions. Only you are accountable for yours.

Isn’t it difficult enough to be accountable for your own words and actions without having to take on accountability for someone else’s?