A bit late...

All right - I'll admit that this entry is a couple of days late, but I was really busy with blah blah blah.

Sound familiar?

I would have had my homework in on time BUT it got lost on the way here.
I would have attended the meeting BUT something came up.


Excuses. We all make them, I suppose. What I'm wondering is why. Why is it that, if we're in the wrong, its easier to make up a reason than to just accept responsibility?

I think its in part to do with the way doing anything 'wrong' is handled in society today. Isn't to be wrong the ultimate failure? Is it not more important to be right than kind, or nice, or happy? Does the world not end when we are wrong and people find out?

Well actually no, it doesn't generally. Now, chances are you'll already know this, but also chances are you'll still be guilty or qualifying mistakes with reasons or conditions. I do it too. When you're wrong its easier to lay the blame elsewhere; and the responsibility.

However think about this - If you're willing to pass off responsibility when you get something wrong, however major or minor, then would you be just as willing to pass off responsibility when something goes right?

I wouldn't be. So I try not to do either, and if I do get something wrong I'll make sure to own up to it quickly (if not as soon as I find out it'll be at the next opportunity). Which means if I do something its entirely my choice to do it - no matter the outside factors.

Which means I generally get a lot of grief for things I've done wrong... But you know what? Its less than the grief I got before when I passed on the blame. And when you get something right it means that much more.

So, this blog is a couple of days late. My apologies to everyone and it won't happen again.