Open up your mind and heart as well. And in return, you may want to help your friend with constructive criticism that will also help her improve her self. One of Whitney Houston s songs says Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all. True enough. In order to love others, you must love yourself too. Title: Rose Desrochers Thoughts On Taking Responsibility For Our Actions Word Count: 619 Summary: When do we start taking responsibility for our own actions? It appears that we no longer own our actions. Owning our actions, involves taking personal responsibility for what we do. Why is it that when something goes wrong, we need some place to lay the blame? These personal development guides create an internal spark in you. They pump you up guiding you towards your goal's correct path. <br><br>However, it doesn't take long until you find yourself not moving forward on the path toward your goal, or that you have totally moved off the path. You may have even lost ground by feeling so beaten up after failing you enter into a state of depression and fear. Here's a clue: An awkward young man asked a woman friend why he couldn't get a date. She asked if he had asked anyone out. After he thought about it for a moment he said, "No." "That's why," she told him. Better example: I know a jerk who always had a date - after asking twenty women a week out. For example, perhaps you go by a school on your way. Spend some time thinking about things from your kidhood days in school. Then try this fresh-eyed approach to other routine tasks. 2. <b>Make a list of things you found wonderful at different stages in your life.</b> If you write a journal do it there. Do you have a passion that you would like to expand? Do you like to write or draw, but don t know where to start? Do you like to play a particular sport or instrument, and want to get better? There numerous classes that are offered to help those who desire to improve oneself in a particular field and topic.