成人快手

A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Jaspreet Kaur

Good morning.

I was at a family get together the other week. It was pretty crowded, and there was a dog in the mix too. It was a casual event, and we all spent a lot of time chatting in the kitchen, cooking, eating and cleaning. I was at the sink washing dishes when I heard a little yelp. One of the other guests had accidentally stepped on the poor dog鈥檚 tail! 鈥淗e鈥檚 always in the way,鈥� she said.鈥� Really?鈥� I thought. 鈥淵ou step on the dog, and then you blame him/her.鈥�
Who does that? Actually, a lot of us do.

We learn to start blaming others at an early age, usually to escape parental anger and punishment, but also to preserve our own self-esteem and self-image. I鈥檓 sure the phrase 鈥渢hey started it!鈥� sounds familiar?

When it comes to the blame game, the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scripture, says: 鈥淒adda: Do not blame anyone else; blame instead your own actions.鈥�

There are, of course, times when others should take the blame and have justice served for their wrongdoings. But, even if someone else is to blame, the only thing we can truly control is our own perceptions and responses to those situations, and how much anger we decide to hold. And that takes work.

Dear God 鈥� continue to guide me in taking self-responsibility and not holding any anger, resentment or blame within me. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh - 鈥淧raise to God.鈥�