“The sad truth is that as long as you say, “It’s my mother’s fault, my husband’s fault, the government’s fault, my sixth-grade piano teacher’s fault...” you won’t be happy.” ~ Marci Shimoff from Happy for No Reason
Are you blaming one of the above (or, perhaps... a bad economy?!?) for all your problems?
If so, the sad truth is that, as long as you continue to do that, you simply WON’T BE HAPPY. D’oh. We’ve *gotta* stop blaming.
Marci’s alternative? “If blame is one of the clouds obscuring your inner happiness, try it yourself. Rather than asking Who’s to blame? start asking What can I learn from this? What is the gift in this for me?”
That’s awesome. The next time you find yourself blaming, see if you can step back and ask yourself what you can learn from the challenging situation.
This. Is. Huge. (Seriously. :)
By refusing to blame anything outside ourselves and looking for the hidden gift, we’re taking our power back and putting ourselves on the road to happiness. Very (very!) powerful.
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