Tuesday, September 12, 2017
It Might Not Be Your Fault
By Donovan Baldwin
For some unknown reason, as I started typing this, with, as normal, no idea where I was going to go, the letters of the first word were reversed, spelling, "gninroM".
I erased it and tried again, getting the same results.
Then I tried a trick which I had used before and it worked so I moved on.
Frustrating at first, but, it gave me something to talk about, right?
Ever blame yourself for something even though you weren't sure it really was your fault?
Many times in life, things don't come out the way we expect on the first try, or even the second. Doesn't mean WE are necessarily at fault, although a lot of people assume so.
Maybe something is going on that you don't know about or cannot even imagine. When something doesn't work out the way you expected, even if you seem to be doing everything right, YOU are not always the problem.
Sure, accept the blame and move on when you screw stuff up, but, don't just BLAME yourself because something went wrong and you don't know why.
Usually, unless you just drove over a cliff, the problem is solvable.
I think, once se get over the initial, "Oh no!" moment, which is normal, we should try to figure out what the problem is and try to solve it, not just give up and sit wallowing in self-pity, or self recrimination.
We all make mistakes sometimes.
We all do things wrong sometimes.
But, sometimes WE ARE doing everything right and something else is causing the problem. Solve the problem, if you can, and move on.
For some unknown reason, as I started typing this, with, as normal, no idea where I was going to go, the letters of the first word were reversed, spelling, "gninroM".
I erased it and tried again, getting the same results.
Then I tried a trick which I had used before and it worked so I moved on.
Frustrating at first, but, it gave me something to talk about, right?
Many times in life, things don't come out the way we expect on the first try, or even the second. Doesn't mean WE are necessarily at fault, although a lot of people assume so.
Maybe something is going on that you don't know about or cannot even imagine. When something doesn't work out the way you expected, even if you seem to be doing everything right, YOU are not always the problem.
Sure, accept the blame and move on when you screw stuff up, but, don't just BLAME yourself because something went wrong and you don't know why.
Usually, unless you just drove over a cliff, the problem is solvable.
I think, once se get over the initial, "Oh no!" moment, which is normal, we should try to figure out what the problem is and try to solve it, not just give up and sit wallowing in self-pity, or self recrimination.
We all make mistakes sometimes.
We all do things wrong sometimes.
But, sometimes WE ARE doing everything right and something else is causing the problem. Solve the problem, if you can, and move on.
Labels: blame, blaming yourself, donovan baldwin, not your fault
# posted by Donovan Baldwin @ 10:44 AM 
