What do you do when life blindfolds you and spins you around? We think it's our fault, that we're to blame, when really we should be focused on being gentle with ourselves.
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We always blame other people when things go wrong. For example, family to friends, you think they'll stay by your side, and you realise they never do. But that's life.
No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying.
Psychologically, it's always more pleasurable to blame others for our problems than it is to acknowledge our own responsibility.
It's very hard for me to find any sort of shame or blame in my life. I'm not made that way.
Since my accident I am a little more mindful of the suffering of other people.
I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn't just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me.
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.'