livin' raw...

by Brian Clement

In today's society it is prevalent to blame others for everything that has happened to us from the cradle to the grave. It is almost universally accepted for no one to live one's life accepting the fact that he or she is the primary person who has the ability to change and enliven one's own life by one's own actions.

One of the first things we must do when we try to change our life style is to take responsibility for ourselves. Whatever has happened to us and our bodies in the past can ultimately only be changed by taking responsibility for our minds and our bodies, and not looking to the past to blame, but to the future to the new person we can become if we change our preconceptions.

Taking responsibility is hard and not for the faint of heart. One must be willing to look inside oneself and devote time and study into what one's own heart, mind, and body need to become whole and healthy, enabling one to live a happy, enjoyable life. This encompasses one's health, heart, mind, and body. If you are in poor health you must do the research to find the path to health. Look to what your are consuming, look to your exercise habits, find out what you can do to make your body heal, and then DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT BETTER.

Where is your spiritual being? A big part of your health in is your heart and your mind so you must look to whatever spiritual guidance that you, yourself, can reach out to, take hold of and make it your guide. Everyone must look to a higher power and that higher power can be different for each person, but it is there if you meditate, concentrate, and seek it. This is another way to take responsibility for yourself, make yourself well, and achieve happiness.

To be able to wake up in the morning and look forward to another day, to seize that day and make every moment count, to go through the day doing our best to make it joyful not only for ourselves but to have in some way, made it joyful for another, and to end the day with the satisfaction that this was a good and productive day, should be our goal. If we have taken the responsibility for our own lives, this is an achievable goal.

To point the finger of blame to another person, place, or thing, to sue the "company," to try to put the responsibility for one's own life onto someone or something else, will not at any time make our own lives enjoyable. The responsibility for our happiness lies in our own hands. Let us take the challenge to make ourselves well by accepting this responsibility and go forward into a more productive and fruitful future.