At first I wasn’t so sure about this, “I am the framework for everything that happens in my life.” I think that sometimes we can’t control what happens to us. Yes, we can’t control what others decide, but it would be hard for me to accept any responsibility for another drunk person hitting my car. I like the idea however of looking at our life as if we are the board itself in a board game. We do need to think of strategies on how to make good choices that will help us ‘win’ in life. It is also a good thing to remember so that we can make differences in life. Wow. The example of the affair with the woman was pretty strong stuff. I know it takes two to tango, and usually there is a reason for an affair, but man, that is hard core for him to take full responsibility for having an affair. But it is a good way to look at it as how both are wrong, and how are they going to fix it now?
Wow! What a powerful story about the teacher that cut all her hair off when she saw her student who was recovering from leukemia. What an amazing thing to think about that there really isn’t no division between ideas and action, mind and body, dream and reality. How important it is to become a leader in all situations so that we do come out on top and everyone feels better. My motto has always been, “The sky is the limit.” But I now like how in this book it even says the sky is NOT the limit. There is so much more possibilities available if we just open our minds and think!
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So, "control," an interesting concept. I think the point of "being the board" is to own one's own life. It doesn't remove the responsibility of others, but says that one is ultimately responsible for one's own life. In a sense we don't excuse others but admit that that we have a part in everything that happens in our lives. It comes down to the problem of blame. As long as we think that we can exclude ourselves from responsibility for things that happen in our lives than we lose that level of freedom to act and fix what might not be working. it's doesn't relieve the other of responsibility, it just says that I am going to do what I can do and not shift the blame to another.
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