He pondered his life and the things he would change if given the opportunity.There was his lack of education, his uninspiring job, and of course his troubled marriage.These thoughts ran through his head several times a day, especially in the evening hours, before drifting off to sleep.He never took much responsibility for the things that went wrong in his life. Inevitably, someone else was always to blame.But how…how could he change things?Surely, there must be a way.This thought pounded his brain during his last few minutes of wakefulness, as he buried himself beneath the covers, finally closing his eyes…too apathetic to give a damn.
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Reviewed by 000 000
11/10/2008
A person this way can read this...but never recognize themselves in it. They would probably say...I know people like that!
My husband works with someone like this...always placing the blame on someone else... I have a child the same way...Oh, if ONLY I could teach them how destructive it really is...
Cryssa
so true for so many. responsiblities fly hard in the face of many people and their lack of forces others to take up the slack. it is sad that life is pleasured by some in this manner. be blessed my friend.
Substance for reflection, that's for certain. Thank you. Love and peace,
Regis
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
12/13/2007
The plight of many a man as he musing just before dropping off to sleep . . . We are all individually the same (does that make sense?) in that human nature is to blame others . . . I have, and still do blame others for a lot of my troubles, but I realize that when I am honest with myself I can only blame myself. What influence others have on us, which possibility make us like we are, should be gone by a certain age, that mystical age of "reason."
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