“Never blame someone else for the road you’re on. That’s your own asphalt”—Anonymous
I saw the above quote this morning. I see some truth to the statement, but I also find it troublesome. First, it is true that one should never blame someone else for the road that they are on. It is what it is. Blaming others is fruitless. I may be that others may have caused our circumstances—and this is true for the good as well as the bad—but it is always a personal choice what we do with our circumstances. The road behind us? That is what it is. Good or bad, it brought us to where we are. It made us who we are and is preparing us for who we will become. So, perhaps, the more we go down the road blaming others the more it becomes our own asphalt. The choice going forward is always ours, and ours alone, to make.
Be your best today; be better tomorrow.
Carpe momento!