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One of the greatest challenges in creating a joyful, peaceful and abundant life is taking responsibility for what you do and how you do it. As long as you can blame someone else, be angry with someone else, point the

One of the greatest challenges in creating a joyful, peaceful and abundant life is taking responsibility for what you do and how you do it. As long as you can blame someone else, be angry with someone else, point the finger at someone else, you are not taking responsibility for your life.

Iyanla Vanzant
Responsibility, Creating, Long
FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Mar 21, 2016

People have a right to change their minds and it has absolutely nothing to do with you. People change. As people change, their needs change. When people have a need, it is their responsibility to themselves to see their needs are met. And it has absolutely nothing to do with you.

Iyanla Vanzant
Responsibility, People, Mind
FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Nov 02, 2014

It is not your duty or responsibility to change the minds of other people. The nature of their thinking is advanced or limited by their experience. In your presence, they have an opportunity to learn about you and, perhaps, to grow.

Iyanla Vanzant
Responsibility, Opportunity, Thinking
Iyanla Vanzant (2012). “Acts Of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Colour”, Simon and Schuster

Loving yourself has nothing to do with being selfish, self-centered or self-engrossed. It means that you accept yourself for what you are. Loving yourself means that you accept responsibility for your own development, growth and happiness.

Iyanla Vanzant
Selfish, Mean, Responsibility

Until you are willing to accept total and complete responsibility for every aspect of your life, your life will keep sending you experiences designed to get your attention.

Iyanla Vanzant
Responsibility, Attention, Accepting
FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Oct 29, 2016

In speaking the truth of your experience to another, it will serve you well to realize that how they choose to respond is not your responsibility.

Iyanla Vanzant
Responsibility, Realizing, Speak The Truth
Iyanla Vanzant (2012). “In The Meantime: Finding Yourself And The Love You Want”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

One of the ways that people avoid taking responsibility for their role in their own pain is what I call the BPs - blame and projection.

Iyanla Vanzant
Pain, Responsibility, People

The only relationship we can have in this life is the relationship we have with ourselves. We cannot love anybody more than we love ourselves. We cannot treat anyone any better than we treat ourselves. When you forget you, give up on you, or devalue yourself, anyone coming into your life has a universal responsibility to follow your lead.

Iyanla Vanzant
Giving Up, Responsibility, Life Is
FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Jul 12, 2016

I'm moving into that eldership age, you know? I'm at the 'wise woman' age where it's not about learning, but utilizing the information that I have in a way that serves other people. That's a high calling and it's a great responsibility.

Iyanla Vanzant
Wise, Moving, Responsibility
"EXCLUSIVE: Iyanla Vanzant Dishes on Fix My Life, Growth, and Her Mission for Viewers". Interview with Regina R. Robertson, www.essence.com. September 14, 2012.

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