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Being the Oyster: An Alternative to the Blame Game
BEING THE OYSTER: An Alternative to the Blame GamennIt's easy to label someone a "troublemaker" or a "problem." For one thing, it gets us off the hook. We're not to blame; the other guy is. For another, it fuels the idea that the power to change our lives lies outside of us. If the circumstances in which we live were different, then we would be different; presumably, happier. So we blame others for our own unhappiness and try, with subtle and not-so subtle means, to change th
June 28, 2007
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Being the Oyster: An Alternative to the Blame Game
BEING THE OYSTER: An Alternative to the Blame GamennIt's easy to label someone a "troublemaker" or a "problem." For one thing, it gets us off the hook. We're not to blame; the other guy is. For another, it fuels the idea that the power to change our lives lies outside of us. If the circumstances in which we live were different, then we would be different; presumably, happier. So we blame others for our own unhappiness and try, with subtle and not-so subtle means, to change th
June 28, 2007
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Being the Oyster: An Alternative to the Blame Game
BEING THE OYSTER: An Alternative to the Blame GamennIt's easy to label someone a "troublemaker" or a "problem." For one thing, it gets us off the hook. We're not nto blame; the other guy is. For another, it fuels the idea that the power to change our lives lies outside of us. nIf the circumstances in which we live were different, then we would be different; presumably, happier. So we nblame others for our own unhappiness and try, with subtle and not-so subtle means, to change
May 26, 2006