Missing out...............................

     We live in a culture in which the sense of being wronged is pervasive.  If every misfortune can be blamed on someone else, we are relieved of the difficult task of examining our own contributory behavior or just accepting the reality that life is and always has been full of adversity.  Most of all, by placing responsibility outside ourselves we miss out on the healing knowledge that what happens to us is not nearly as important as the attitude we adopt in response.

-Gordon Livingston, Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart:  Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now