Blame game

A few weeks back, while I was enjoying my days as an
idler, I heard my younger brother chiding the wall of our house for
breaking his new remote-controlled car. When asked, he simply said that
it was the wall’s fault to come in between while he was operating the
controller.

Blaming others for one reason or another is a common
act in which most people indulge. My brother cleared himself as innocent
by blaming the “wall.” Well, in this case we knew better. But more
often than not, it is seen that the guilty enjoys, while the innocent
faces the punishment.

A young daughter might blame her mother for
spoiling her weekend because she had asked her to clean her room. She
will keep blaming her mentally and silently till she gets over it.

It is always easier to find a scapegoat to put the blame on, with or
without reason, but the real courage is to own one’s fault and accept
it. But it is human nature to strive to win the approval of others. We
always look for a person with the quality of not blaming others but
rarely assume that role ourselves.

Some do not even spare God from this blame game and constantly criticise Him for not making us perfect.

I fail to understand the need of reprimanding others for the sins
committed by us. Do we let others take credit over our good deeds? No.
So why do we make them pay for our mistakes?

In this
hypercompetitive world, where people look forward to insulting the
others rather than honing their own skills, I guess all we need is
someone to blame on. 



(Published in The Gulf Today on May 28, 2016)