Here are twelve reflections on personal responsibility:

1. Personal responsibility begins from inside and moves outward. We must begin by taking responsibility for our thoughts, choices, and reactions. Then we can be responsible for circumstances we create in our world.

2. We have divine gift of free will. We make conscious choices as spiritual living in a physical world. Conscious choice is a gift that carries great responsibility.

3. Every choice can benefit humanity or harm it. Even avoiding choices is a choice, and each choice will have consequences.

4. When you think something or someone else is responsible for your problems and their solutions, that exact thought is first problem to solve.

5. People waste precious years while believing that there will be more time tomorrow than there is today. Today is perfect day to accept and develop our gifts and talents.

6. A great philosophy of responsibility: When things are working, I am responsible... and when they need fixing, I am responsible.

Use Affirmations Effectively

Affirmations are effective when combined with strong emotions and vivid sensory imagery: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Effective affirmations state, in present tense, what we want. At same time, we are feeling joy, satisfaction, and gratitude we would feel if each statement had already manifested.

Recall Vivid Imagery and Strong Emotion

An effective way to create mind imagery and emotion is to recall a situation in your life when you actually felt emotion you want to create. Recall situations that made you feel joyful, loving, forgiving, excited, happy, accepting, successful, and grateful.

This is same way emotions surface when we dwell on memories that bring tears, upset, or nostalgic feelings. When using affirmations, you get to select purposely emotions you want. Let these emotions surface and permeate your mind and body.

Practice Positive Affirmations

Belief, imagery, and emotion are essential elements in effective affirmations. With practice, you will be able to create vivid images and emotions very quickly. It might also be helpful to begin by affirming action you are now taking, as in exercise below.

Here are seventeen sample affirmations for strengthening goal achievement, creativity, confidence and abundance. Practice affirmations while combining them with compelling imagery and strong emotion.

1. I reflect on successful experiences, and I let memories and moments linger.

2. I enjoy expressing myself freely, confidently, and creatively.

3. I am grateful for success and satisfaction that my purpose is bringing to me.

4. I provide value to those I serve, and I am becoming more abundant each day.

5. I welcome challenges and changes in my life, and I feel grateful that each change brings new blessings.