Success & Prosperity Lesson: Taking Credit for the Good Stuff

How much responsibility did you accept for the last really bad things that happened to you (as in, getting fired or laid off from your job, being in a car accident, getting sick or injured, having a sinkhole appear under your master bedroom, etc.)?

The amount of responsibility you take for this greatly determines your mindset, and thus, how you might subconsciously attract and manifest bad things happening in your life. Even more interesting, and something to ponder today, is the second question I asked back then:

How much responsibility did you accept for that last wonderful, glorious thing that happened in your life (as in finding the love of your life, your child being born, getting the promotion, making a big profit on an investment, etc.)?

Here’s why I ask...
If you think all the good things come from good luck, destiny or—dare I say this, God—you could be missing out on a lot of good things. Now, before Lisa Jimenez and the rest of you fundamentalists assault me, let me explain…
In the form of a story.

A farmer was in the fields, tending his crops when a passerby struck up a conversation. He mentioned to the farmer how blessed he was that God had given him such a beautiful farm.
The farmer mentioned how he had repainted the barn and the farmhouse, and the stranger remarked again how God had blessed him. 

The farmer talked about how he removed all the rocks and tree stumps to plow the fields. The stranger smiled and nodded, and remarked how God had blessed the farmer. This went on for some time, the farmer talking with pride about the improvements he had made, and the stranger repeating how God had blessed the farmer. Finally in exasperation, the farmer exclaimed, “You should have seen the place when I took it over from God!”
There is an important prosperity lesson in that parable. If you believe in God, I’m happy for you. But don’t give away all your power and responsibility! God—or the universe, or whatever—can only do FOR you, what He can do THROUGH you. 

God gave me the ability to play softball. But if I wanted to do it at a high level, I knew that I would have to practice, do drills, learn the intricacies of the game, and get in better aerobic shape. God gave Pavarotti a beautiful gift. But do you have any idea how hard he worked (Pavarotti, not God) to refine and develop that gift?
Although I urge you to take responsibility for the bad things in your life...just as important, is taking responsibility for the good ones! Because if you don’t take some credit for the good things—you don’t have the mindset that you can actually create more of them. Think about it. And think about the credit you deserve for what you do. 

Article excerpted from Randy Gage’s Breakthrough U Daily Awakening. Visit http://www.BreakthroughU.com to find out how you can break through to the success you have been seeking!