Sunday, July 21, 2013

"It's not my fault" - Why do we always blame others?

I think it is human nature to blame others for our mistakes, for our failures. When things don't go as we would like them to go, instead of looking at ourselves and asking if we had done what we could, if we had done our best, we tend to blame it on the weather, blame it on supernatural forces, blame it on others for not doing their parts, blame it on superstitions that are no more than old wives' tales.

"It's not my fault." How many times have we heard this? How many times have we said this? But is it really not our own fault? Have we really thought about it before we said it? Was it really luck? Was it really that superstition? Was it really because our teammates didn't do their bit?

Or was it really because we don't want to know the answer? Was it because we don't want to take responsibility? Was it because we are afraid of admitting that we are not as good as we thought we were? Was it because we are afraid to face reality?

Are we really afraid of forces beyond us? Or are we just using them as an excuse for our shortcomings, our incompetence, our laziness? Are things really beyond our control? Or are we just not trying hard enough?

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