Fault & Responsibility

Everyone goes through times in life where someone else hurts them. Everyone gets betrayed, screwed over, mistreated. It happens to the best of us, and it happens all the time. It's simply a part of life, and life is never easy. How we handle these situations is key to our happiness. If we walk around constantly blaming others for what they did to us (even when it is truly THEIR fault), we get stuck in "victim mode," and victim mode is nothing but suffering. We have to be willing to accept responsibility, not for whatever it is that hurt us, but for our own happiness and our own heart. It's my life, my happiness, my heart, and I'm the only one who has the power to make myself happy. Own it, be accountable for your emotions, and seize the power you already have to make yourself happy, and give yourself the life you want to have. Yes, someone else might have wronged you. But what's done is done. You can't walk around in constant victim mode, or you'll never be happy.