THE BLAME GAME

We can never hope to improve the soup of our country by playing the blame game. To blame others is to deny your own responsibility. If you don’t like what our political and corporate leaders are doing, it’s pointless to blame them. That cannot possibly help. If you think that someone should do something about it, that someone is you. If you blame others but take no direct action to fix the problems you perceive, I guarantee you’re part of the problem. You have only yourself to blame. You’ve been swallowing the soup of unconscious living, and it’s time to spit it out.
If you don’t like what’s happening, it’s up to you to fix it. That may seem like an overwhelming task if you’re living unconsciously, and it surely is. But once you really embrace conscious living and dump all the low-awareness garbage you’ve been clinging to, you won’t feel so weak and disempowered. You’ll realize you’re much stronger than you ever thought possible. You’ll begin to see that living consciously is all the solution you really need. When you live consciously, you inspire others to do the same. You help to change the soup. You make it safe for more people to wake up. You become a beacon for positive growth. Once you’ve begun to experience life at this level, it’s really hard to go back. You just can’t fit in the old box anymore.
While unconscious people consent to the current climate through silent approval, conscious people say, “No, this situation needs to change, and I must be the one to change it.” Then they get busy. They don’t waste time whining and complaining. They work on themselves, and then they share themselves with the world. They work to become stronger, more loving, and more aware. They build their capacity for service. They help teach us how to connect with each others instead of feeling disconnected and alone, they help bring purpose and passion to our lives, they empower us, and they offer honest and authentic leadership.
Are you worried about the current financial and political climate? If you’re worried, then turn and face those fears. Accept responsibility for what’s happening. Is there some part of you that wants to get something for nothing? Do you value money ahead of personal relationships? Is greed more important to you than service? What will you need to change in order to live more consciously? What must you learn to let go of? Are you living your life as part of the solution, or are you part of the problem? You choose.

stevepavlina