If you blame someone else for your actions or attitude, you have no self control nor ability to think on your own. To use such an excuse is nothing more than giving a quick and illogical answer to something that requires deeper thought and discernment.
If you blame someone else for your actions or attitude, you have no self control nor ability to think on your own. To use such an excuse is nothing more than giving a quick and illogical answer to something that requires deeper thought and discernment.
I agree, Dan, although I would put it differentlly. Believing in one's own victimhood weakens your ability to deal with the situation. Oh, poor me, is not a posture that propels one forward. Doesn't really matter how legitimate one's complaints are. Actually, legitimacy makes them more powerful, which is a bad thing. You can look back later, once the years have passed, and maybe you'll even have good advice to share. But when you're young, and need to make a life for yourself, you have to focus forward. And that sometimes means wearing blinders to your own past.
If you blame someone else for your actions or attitude, you have no self control nor ability to think on your own. To use such an excuse is nothing more than giving a quick and illogical answer to something that requires deeper thought and discernment.
I agree, Dan, although I would put it differentlly. Believing in one's own victimhood weakens your ability to deal with the situation. Oh, poor me, is not a posture that propels one forward. Doesn't really matter how legitimate one's complaints are. Actually, legitimacy makes them more powerful, which is a bad thing. You can look back later, once the years have passed, and maybe you'll even have good advice to share. But when you're young, and need to make a life for yourself, you have to focus forward. And that sometimes means wearing blinders to your own past.
What illiterate comment was that, dan?
Never used that word. But the comment about who you are blaming is the one I was posting about.