Comments on: Office of Blame – Therapy or Denial? http://taoofchange.com/2010/08/09/office-of-blame-therapy-or-denial/ Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:42:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roger Hartsell http://taoofchange.com/2010/08/09/office-of-blame-therapy-or-denial/#comment-3207 Roger Hartsell Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:37:51 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/?p=804#comment-3207 Yes, I have found it convenient to blame other people or entities in the past. It was easy to blame BP for the oil fiasco, but truthfully the blame is on us, for demanding oil and petroleum by-products for our wasteful lifestyles, and not being fully aware of the degree of off-shore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico already in process. There are some genuine sources of causation, if not blame, that we can control. Over-population. Greed. Ignorance. T-shirt of the week, "I didn't say it was your fault, I just said I was going to blame you." About the best we can do is model behaviors in our own lives, and push for education where possible. And after all, wasn't Bloomberg elected by the citizens of NY? Simply put, "Be the change you want to see in the world." Pugs, Roger Yes, I have found it convenient to blame other people or entities in the past. It was easy to blame BP for the oil fiasco, but truthfully the blame is on us, for demanding oil and petroleum by-products for our wasteful lifestyles, and not being fully aware of the degree of off-shore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico already in process. There are some genuine sources of causation, if not blame, that we can control. Over-population. Greed. Ignorance.

T-shirt of the week,
“I didn’t say it was your fault,
I just said I was going to blame you.”

About the best we can do is model behaviors in our own lives, and push for education where possible. And after all, wasn’t Bloomberg elected by the citizens of NY?

Simply put, “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
Pugs, Roger

]]> By: phyllisdiehl http://taoofchange.com/2010/08/09/office-of-blame-therapy-or-denial/#comment-3205 phyllisdiehl Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:20:13 +0000 http://taoofchange.com/?p=804#comment-3205 ahhh.the blame game, who hasn't played this......thank you for talking about this, it is very hard to "let go" of the blame "them" stuff. but, it sure makes you "lighter" in our life. i too believe that doing the deed, action, is something we should all strive for. again, you bring the truth to living a good life. ahhh.the blame game, who hasn’t played this……thank you for talking about this, it is very hard to “let go” of the blame “them” stuff. but, it sure makes you “lighter” in our life.

i too believe that doing the deed, action, is something we should all strive for.

again, you bring the truth to living a good life.

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