"it is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities" -josiah charles stamp
why is it that people today cannot except the responsibility of their own actions? why must everyone place blame on the opposing party? "you never told me" (maybe), or "it's not my fault, i didn't know" (possible), "you just don't understand the situation" (then maybe try to explain it better), and my personal favorite "the devil made me do it".....really?....really? the devil doesn't live your life for you. we live our own lives, make our own decisions, create our own circumstances. i am convinced that the people who give these excuses, get defensive or play the victim, are the ones that really don't have a clue as to what's happening around them. they lash out and then segregate themselves from the ones who love them and want to help. whether blinded in a spiritual sense of the word or just out of sheer stupidity, they are lost.
in this "fast pace" society that we live in, it seems that people have replaced responsibility with convenience. it's easier to point the finger and place blame than to say "it's my fault" or "i was wrong". when did the ego become more important than integrity or character? when did it become so difficult for a person to take a step back and examine their own life from someone else's point of view, to see themselves from a different perspective?
we as human beings are fallible. we make mistakes from time to time and it is our RESPONSIBILITY as adults to correct those mistakes. to stop, think and say "hey, i am(was) wrong. could somebody help?"
