Stop Blaming Others

Blame shifting is a game some people have played all their life.   Unfortunately people who constantly shift the blame are not fun to be around.  Instead of looking inside their self for answers, they question the external world and demand a response.  If you know someone who shifts blame constantly then you have experienced firsthand how frustrating these people are to get along with.

Lack of discipline at an early age has allot to do with why people still blame others even as adults.  When parents always take up for their children no matter what their child has done, they are forming this behavior at an early age in their child.  If a child knows at an early age that they can get away with anything they will have a hard time as an adult.  If met some parents whose child goes from school to school getting in trouble and it’s always the teachers fault.  I have heard parents call their child’s teacher prejudice, incompetent, and insensitive to their child’s needs in front of their children.  Some parent will even take up for their child if a teacher tells them their child is misbehaving.  What does this teach our children? What lesson is your child learning from this behavior?  This attitude stays with a child even as an adult.  Since the child was never held accountable for anything as a child they naturally blame shift.

These blame shifter’s have an excuse for everything.  If they get fired its because the boss didn’t like them.  If they can’t get hired it’s because the interviewer was intimidated by their presence.  These blame shifters have an excuse for everything under the sun.

Here is a little story to shine some light on blame shifting.  There was a man who got drunk one night and crashed into another car killing his only son.  When the man woke up and found out what happened he went after the man that ran into his car.  Later he was convicted and when he defended himself in court he blamed the accident on the poorly designed roads, and the potholes.  Shortly after getting sentenced for the death of his sun he blamed his new disregard for life on the judge who sentenced him as he shot himself.  Later who woke up in a sea of glass he was in heaven outside a large gate.  Jesus came down and said son find your name in this book of life and place a check in the box with my golden pen and you can enter heaven.  The man was shocked and amazed so he grabbed the pen and tried to sign his name but there was no ink in the pen.  Jesus looked at him and said sorry, at least you have a good excuse to tell the people in hell why you went there.