I, and I Alone

I, and I alone, am responsible for everything I think and feel.

Not society.

Not my past.

Not the industry, the market, the noise, or the opinions flying around me.

What enters my mind is my choice.

What stays there is my responsibility.

Blaming is easy. Ownership is uncomfortable. But ownership is power. The moment I stop outsourcing my emotions, I stop being weak. I stop waiting. I stop reacting.

Cinema taught me this the hard way. Every frame demands intention. Every decision has consequences. 

The mind is no different. You either direct it, or it directs you.

I don’t control everything that happens to me.

But I control the meaning I assign to it.

I control the stories I tell myself.

And that’s where freedom begins.

When I take full responsibility for my thoughts and feelings, I stop being a victim of circumstances and start becoming the author of my life.

No excuses.

No escape routes.

Just ownership — and forward motion.

- Manohar Chimmani