"It's Not My Fault"

Topic of the Day- Most of the time it’s not stolen it’s right where you left it. 

This topic makes the assumption our initial response as humans are to blame others for any mistakes we make, or anything negative that happens to us. In many instances, that is probably a safe assumption. As we grow, we see people blaming others in one form or another for anything negative that intersects their lives.

Many people blame their parents for the bad things in their lives. That is easy to do since all parents are not perfect. Others are quick to blame society in general for their problems because society has caused problems historically. Very few people seem to turn to themselves first when negative things happen.

We are human and we make mistakes. Most negative things that happen are our own mistakes but too many of us don’t want to own our mistakes. We think others will think less of us if we admit our mistakes. We also think others will see us as incompetent. Inherently, we want to see others as lesser than ourselves. It makes us somewhat greater in our own eyes.

There are some who have poor self-esteem and feel every negative thing is their fault. That is the exception rather than the rule. Our goal as a progressing individual is to recognize we may have made a mistake in the first place. It is not necessary to dwell on the mistake but determine to not repeat the error and move on.

We also need to learn to understand the impact others may have had on our lives and then correct the impact if it was negative. We cannot spend our lives blaming others when we make our own mistakes.

There will be times when others will be the cause of negativity in our lives but most of the time, it’s just us.