It’s easier to blame someone than to take responsibility. This is something that human beings have known since the beginning of history, since the Garden of Eden. “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate” (Genesis 3:12). “The serpent deceived me, and I ate” (Genesis 3:13). So, from then on, human beings learnt to blame someone else as a way of getting rid of mistakes.

I could give many biblical examples of people who always, at first, tried to shift the blame to others. This spirit of blaming someone else instead of taking responsibility and doing your best has been in human beings since the beginning.

This is a deceiving spirit because what happens when someone blames someone else? I’m not saying that there are no injustices, that you don’t suffer at the hands of others and that others can impede your progress. I’m not eliminating the fact that there are bad people in this world. I’m saying that you can’t change the world, the human being. You can take responsibility for your actions and how you will react to problems. What are you going to do about these difficulties that are placed in your path?

Perhaps you are grieving for your father or mother, who were not how you wanted them to be. Maybe you live in a poor neighbourhood and feel miserable (as if people are only worth their bank balance). Perhaps you weren’t able to study what you wanted to. You are always complaining, being a bitter person. And there is the most critical case in which the person becomes revengeful. I ask you: who is this hurting? It’s only you who loses.

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