“Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.” ~Douglas Horton ~
Life is a gift, a blessing given to us by the power above and we get to live it just once.I tell myself this each day , atleast once when I feel myself being pulled down by disturbing thoughts that bring tears to my eyes.I remind myself that I have to realize my dreams and live my life to the full potential if I really value the gift that it is.While it is true I cannot do it alone, I think owning up to personal responsibility is a step forward.
“Taking responsibility for your own actions, choices, mistakes, and life in general opens the door to a great deal of opportunity.It introduces you to your own strengths and weaknesses and helps in making some space for growth as an individual.”
In our minds we have these people we want to be like and we emulate and instill qualities in us that makes us like them. So we work hard at modeling ourselves based on them and keep them as an example of who we want to be, thus setting a goal and working towards becoming like them.When this person turns out to be the opposite of what you thought them to be , its very devastating and definitely is a setback to your personal growth as well. So it makes a lot of sense to be very very careful in who you choose as a role model .
But the most positive way of working on ourselves would be to take onus for our own shortcomings instead of blaming others for them. That way we recognize our shortcomings , weakness and work on them positively.I would say instead of looking at others as examples, the best would be for one to set out to be an example to be followed. To recognize who we are and work at being the best we can be, recognizing the qualities that will help us build our character and which will help us live our life to the full potential as its meant to be lived.That way you set yourself to be a positive example to those around at the same time allowing yourself room for growth to be better.
