It's Time to Stop the Blame Games - The Solution is Inside Each of Us.

We’ve been distracted by and relied upon laws and rules for too long now. Laws of our “religions”, laws of our societies and other “laws” and “rules” we think are dictated by our other various identities, whether they be religious-, ethnic-, gender-, nationality-based
or otherwise. We’ve relied on rules and laws to control us like a parent attempts to control an adolescent. It is time for us to grow up and be adults and take responsibility and accountability for ourselves instead of relying on the laws and rules to be responsible for behavior. This is not to say we shouldn’t have boundaries that we enforce when others impart harm into our society and communities. Instead, we should be accepting our own accountability for our behaviors and not relying on laws to dictate what is good, bad, immoral, amoral, acceptable, unacceptable, etc. Laws and rules cannot dictate goodness or
morality on any level. Only our hearts can tell us this.

It is time that we accept our responsibility and accountability as our humanity moves into adulthood. This means we must start taking responsibility for our own hearts. Our thoughts, words and actions mirror our hearts. How we speak to one another, how we think about one another and how we act toward one another is a reflection of our own hearts. Our thoughts, actions and words are not a reflection of anyone or anything else. We all need to stop playing the

blame game of focusing on the laws, or what others have done or said. What we do, say and think is our own personal responsibility. What do your thoughts, actions and words say about what is in your heart?

Don’t be afraid to look inward. Look at your own heart and decide that you want to deal face-to-face with the fears and animosity and overcome them.

We all have things we need to heal in ourselves to have truer, kinder, more compassionate and loving hearts. Fear is not an excuse. There is no greater law or power than that of love, compassion and empathy. We all impact one another. The more we live from loving and compassionate hearts, the more we encourage others around us to do the same. Ripple effects are powerful. What ripple effect are you creating?