* URGENT * Mind Parasites @ Avalon

Originally Posted by Ethel

Sometimes we have the tendency to blame others or outside objects for our issues when really we can control every aspect of our lives through our will. By doing so we further expand ourselves and come to know ourselves in greater magnitude. It's by our will, our desire to exist and further be, that we feed into the illusion of existence. It's through our nonexistence that we are free to be whatever we will.

(I do not think this has been quoted enough...hehe)

My Father said something similar to me.
He said: "90% of our problems in life is caused by ourselves."

Trust me...I am still trying to 'Learn/Grok' that little piece of advice today.
He said this to me when I was around 20 years old....
It has always stuck with me.

Blaming Others is a National Pastime anymore.
Or so it seems....
Accepting Responsibility for our own actions is a lost art....

When it comes to how we treat others many, many of us have forgoten the Golden Rule.
It seems that people would rather be 'right' and hear themselves talk then paying attention to how they say what they say.
Taking a few extra minutes to 'Salt Your Words' before speaking/typing them would do wonderful things in my opinion.

It is not what we say but, how we say it...