Taking Ownership

So many people look at success relative to their own level of desire and commitment, choosing to only see the peak of the mountain that was their goal, choosing to overlook the effort it took to climb the mountain day by day. We don't just arrive to the top without trying, we have to train ourselves to acclimate to our new surroundings and overcome any trees that may fall in our path during our journey forward. We must learn lessons along the way in order to survive and thrive within the mistakes that change our course and challenge us to strive for better living.Taking extreme ownership is the act of understanding that most things that impact you are within your control and you have to find the things that were within your control and adjust and adapt based on those things. Maturity is knowing you have experienced something specific in the past and gaining wisdom is choosing not to do it again if it failed before. Taking lessons from your "failures" is how you are able to declare ownership and freedom with your deliberate actions and get on the path of paving the road to your future however you see fit.Many people live their entire lives never taking full accountability for their actions. Humans cannot be devoid of flaws, no matter how perfect we may like to think we are. How we choose to handle life with our deficiencies and how we let other people around us influence who we truly want to be is the person we have to lay our head down with at the end of the day. Become the person you want to be, one day at a time, one claimed mistake to learn from at a time, one opportunity to grow into that person you see in your mind. Be grateful you can take the blame when you know changes need to be made. Time is a blessing for each of us, make the most of yours by claiming all that is yours to own, especially when it's a lesson you need to learn from in order to grow.