The Dangers of Placing Blame: It's Not My Fault!

Literally, the statement is a fact of life and of human nature. People become so accustomed to a situation that they fail to realize the reality of what is happening to or around them.

Should they realize it, most will fail to act upon that knowledge deferring the blame with the battle cry "It's not my fault"!

Take a frog and put it in a container of water and very slowly heat it. The frog will happily sit in the water as it gradually gets warmer and warmer until it is too late and he dies, being boiled alive.

As humans with a brain that is beyond that of a frog one would think that our behavior would be different, unfortunately it is not!

We love to keep things just the way they are and are willing to fight tooth and nail to keep it that way, even to our detriment.

Why? Because, "It's not my fault"!

Admittedly there are the exceptions to the rule but for the most part the greater bulk of humanity is inclined to complain about a situation if they see it but disinclined to do anything to change it.

Take for example the simple act of trading away ones life for another person's money. We dignify it with the title of a job, complain bitterly about it, yet continue in our course.

Woe to anyone who loses their job, depression and gloom are common hallmarks of their freedom as they scramble desperately to replace those chains they have just been freed from!

If only they had a better education, knew so-and-so, were born on the other side of the tracks etc and always the littany of "It's not my fault"!

Think I am making this up?

Let me try something a bit more blatant. Look around you and see how many people are over weight. Guts hanging over cinched belts, waddling to and fro, huffing and puffing just to perform simple tasks.

WHY? Diets and exercise fads abound.

You can not turn on the TV or look at a magazine without tripping over a weight loss program of some sort promising you a thinner slimmer you.

Pop some pills, pump that iron, follow this simple diet and "you too can look like this!" Its that simple.

Yet still people eat and eat, do nothing but sit all day long on prodigious posteriors and then wave their pudgy hands in the air claiming "It's not my fault"!

I have traveled the world over and seen less on some tables than I see thrown out in the garbage by people leaving a fast food restaurant here in North America.

The truth is that if you are a common average person, in all likelihood "It's not my fault" is your battle cry!

You can whine and complain all day long but when evening rolls around you can snuggle into your cozy bed and sleep well knowing that you did your duty.

Blaming someone or something else for your situation or problems and that you did not do a single damn thing to actually change what you were complaining about.

Why? Because ... "It's not my fault"!
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