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I think most people define themselves through their regret, guilt and pain. From my own experience, I know that way of “being” really slows you down. I'll give you an example: a while ago a middle-aged Englishman, a medical doctor in fact, in grave emotional difficulty, made an emergency appointment for my counseling. When he arrived, he sat down, looked at his watch and said he had ten minutes in which to tell me his life story. I was amazed. He then proceeded to quickly map out his life as a series of personal disasters, spending time, blaming others along the way. I was disgusted! I cancelled the rest of the session telling him to reassess his position and to redefine his life in terms of success. I asked him to return on another day ready for change not sympathy. He was shocked, then grateful to be called on his stuff. He left and returned later a new man.

The most important thing I'd told him, he said, was to give up blaming others and feeling regretful. Where is the power in that? For as long as it is someone else doing it to you, rather than you doing it to yourself, you can't change your circumstances.

Since your life is your own movie, if you take responsibility for what you're creating then you can change it at will. That's where the true power lies. That's the trick to living consciously; you're directing the movie you're starring in. No one else but you writes the script, so if you're not having any fun, change the script, you DO have the power, you know!