Do you ever think that we are entirely too afraid and angry all the time? We flit from one problem to another no matter the part of our life it affects. Sometimes political, sometimes environmental, sometimes personal and sometimes we make a pretty braid of the three so it’s blurred as to which is which.

We blame the IRS for wanting taxes we know we have to pay. We blame the credit card companies for our over due bills. We blame the government for not making sure we have a job. We blame the quality of our food; the amount of pills we have to take; the place we live. We spend most of our days searching for ways to get something for nothing because we are told we are owed it.

Shame that. I wonder what would happen if everyone started taking responsibility for their own actions; indeed, their own lives? Whose to blame for your poor health? your poor ability to pay back a loan? your poor attitude?

I’m so tired of seeing commercials on TV telling us what pills we should be telling our doctors we need; telling us that the IRS and/or credit card companies are to blame for wanting us to pay them the money we know we owe; telling us that if we look hard enough, someone OWES us for our shitty lives.

I’ve had a shitty life before. I was afraid all the damn time for YEARS. I don’t flaunt my past trying to get sympathy or anything really. (I have been told I should write a book of my life and what I’ve lived through. I cannot bring myself to profit from that shit.) A few people know what I lived through, most only know bits and pieces. I never felt I was owed anything. Perhaps I actually was owed something, but I never placed blame for my life on anyone but myself.

I know sometimes we are dealt a few crappy cards and we have to struggle to make a decent hand out of them. Sometimes we just sat at the wrong table. Sometimes we go up against better players and get burned.

Life happens. I wish more people would take responsibility for their own.