Day 8 of Lent 2020
Why do we blame others when things don’t go our way? At some point in our lives, we have done this at least once. I have done this recently.
In past blogs, I have talked about my experience, my excitement, my interviewing for and the final decision for the STEAM lab in my school. After the decision was made that I did not get the position, it was very easy for me to blame the principal, the new teacher hired for it, and I even blamed myself.
I stewed and stewed about it for a few weeks racking my brain with what seemed like endless questions. “What are they thinking?” “Why was it not me?” “What did I do wrong in the interview?”
It wasn’t until my husband, Micky, told me about a quote he heard a while ago. He said, and I am paraphrasing, (this is a quote) “What makes you so special that you can’t have bad days too.”
That was the kickstart I needed to get me out of my “blame game” and move on to make something happen for myself. If I would have stayed in my pity party I wouldn’t have found other opportunities that would help my situation. I have recently applied for another position in a school closer to me. If my current position and this new position come through, I will have a choice to make instead of someone making it for me.
Blaming others is a choice. It is an easy trap to fall into. We need to consciously make the choice to move away from blaming and look inside ourselves to see what needs to be changed. Once we do that, we feel free.
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This is a good one; it’s so easy to blame others when really, we need to make ourselves accountable. That being said, sometimes we also need to recognize that things happen that aren’t our faults, we can’t blame ourselves, and maybe other people do need to be held accountable for their actions. Yet, we must try to move on and even though others really might be the ones to blame, we need to offer forgiveness. That’s the tricky part for me. “I’m not the one to blame; you are. But I forgive you anyway.” Tough gig.
Love ya, former neighbor.❤️