Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Personal Responsibility

Victor Frankl was a psychiatrist who survived the Nazi Concentration camps. He makes this observation after watching and experiencing the behavior of his inmates and guards, ". . . We watched and witnessed some of our comrades behave like swine while others behaved like saints. Man has both potentialities within himself; which one is actualized depends on decisions but not on conditions."

It is convenient to blame something or someone for our irresponsible and sinful behavior, but as long as a person is a blamer he/she will not make any progress in maturity; the hope for positive change is mighty slim.

Blessings; Tom

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