The Blame Game: Whose Fault Is It, Anyway?

We live in a blame-driven culture. We blame our parents for wrecking our lives and the government for running them. We blame the fast food business for making us fat, the cigarette industry for giving us disease, and the judicial system for letting criminals walk freely while innocent people are imprisoned.

We blame our children for our gray hair, and we blame our schools for instilling in our children the practices that cause us to grow old before our time. There is no wrongdoing, no matter how big or minor, for which we cannot find someone else to blame. The last person we should point the blame at is ourselves.

Too frequently, though, we are the first to be blamed when a problem arises.

The government makes the rules, but we elect the rule-makers, and the majority of us don't vote, and the majority of those who do are poorly educated. Our parents have a huge influence on our lives, but they can only raise us as well as their own parents prepared them to, and once we become adults, we are accountable for our own actions.

We choose to overeat fast food, consume cigarettes, and avoid punishment when we violate the law. Our children, like living mirrors, reflect our own conduct back to us; and regardless of how much time they spend in school, their behavior is virtually entirely influenced by what we teach them at home.

It is up to each of us to take charge of our own life. Even if the wrongs in our life were caused by someone else, we have influence over how we respond to them.

When unfavorable circumstances occur in your life, you have the option of becoming enraged and pointing fingers, or you may choose to take action. Determine who is to blame for the troubles in your life and take action to remedy the situation.

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It isn't a bunch of complicated time management ideas or to-do lists.

It has to do with you and what's going on inside you.