Take Personal responsibility for your self!

The most important tool one can use in order to engage with life productively is to take personal responsibility for everything that is going on in one's life. You are not a victim of your life. Period. You are a co-creator of your life through your thoughts and your choices. We are working in tandem with the Universe to co create life. This is intertwined with one's Karma as well. Pay close attention to all your thoughts and choices. Especially the repetitive choices that you make. For example constantly taking stuff on that is not yours like other people's expectations, or other peoples values or other peoples put downs. These will certainly cause one to have a compromised self esteem as opposed to feeling empowered and energized.

Life is a mirror remember. This mirror is there for us to notice and to realize what we are creating and what we are responsible for in our life.

Also, it is important to remember that even though we are responsible for what goes on in our life, it is also true that we are not to blame. Blame and responsibility are on opposite ends of a spectrum. So it is not about self punishment when we discover that we have created something in our life from our thoughts. That is counter productive and will land us in a worse situation. It is about getting aware and getting focused on that which is our responsibility so that we can go about the business of change. Awareness is first then willingness , then courage, then repetition. Take responsibility and watch the miracles of life occur.