Do it anyway

We usually blame others when there is failure, when there is disappointment....when things go wrong, in general. Maybe everyone (including you) expected success, but instead there is failure / a disappointing outcome. Here is an interesting question: What if you knew there was a good chance of failure or a lot of people expected failure? Would you still work on that project or pursue that goal? Would the effort be enough - you TRIED to achieve success?

This beautiful song by Martina McBride reminds us that we need to do things anyway....

Anyway

You can spend your whole life building
Something from nothin'
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway

You can chase a dream
That seems so out of reach
And you know it might not never come your way
Dream it anyway

God is great
But sometimes life ain't good
And when I pray
It doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
I do it anyway

...



You can pour your soul out singing
A song you believe in
That tomorrow they'll forget you ever sang
Sing it anyway
Yeah, sing it anyway
I sing
I dream
I love
Anyway

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uLtyzRgmyI&list=PLmYXTlZN4bBLiYNV-KrhlU0dV3NS6jpHQ)

"The power behind taking responsibility for your actions lies in putting an end to negative thought patterns. You no longer dwell on what went wrong or focus on whom you are going to blame. You don't waste time building roadblocks to your success. Instead, you are set free and can now focus on succeeding."
- Lorii Myers

"Your parents owe you nothing.
They have already given you everything… Life itself.
They did the best the knew how to at the time, given the resources they had.
When you stop making them responsible for what you feel today, you access your power to really live."
- Blog post by Kute Blackson, Stop Blaming Your Parents. Give It Up. Stop. Let It Go!,
http://thedailylove.com/stop-blaming-your-parents-give-it-up-stop-let-it-go/

Adults are free to choose their own path and should make responsible choices. Should parents be blamed for the choices of their children when they become adults?

(See the question posted in LifeLessonsForAll.com's LessonsAsk group in LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Should-adults-blame-their-parents-8262188.S.5976123456197050368?trk=groups_most_recent-0-b-ttl&goback=.gmr_8262188)

Scapegoat - a person or group made to bear the blame for others.http://www.thefreedictionary.com/scapegoat

"The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others."- Don Shula

LifeLessonsForAll.com: You are responsible for the choices you make. And, the choice is always yours. You should not blame others for your choices.
"If you make your bad hard, then you have to sleep in it."

"The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny."
- Albert Ellis