Blaming Everyone Else

We all know someone out there who blames everyone else for their life. It might even be you.

You are steadily complaining that everything is wrong because of what happened in your life. I was poor, my parents were abusive, my dad's a drunk, I was in a horrible marriage, blah, blah blah...insert your sob story here.  

Yes, that sounds harsh, and it is, but it is also the truth. We all have a sob story, but that doesn't make us. That doesn't define us. It is what got us to where we are today, that's all.

Steve Harvey always says:

"You can't drive your car looking in the rearview mirror, your rearview mirror is for telling you, you have passed something, that's why it's smaller, the front windshield is large so you can see what's ahead of you"

That is how I live my life. I don't let my past define me.

I am not a rape victim or a victim of verbal abuse. No, I am a survivor. I don't say I can't do this or that because I was in a horrible place, and I can't or won't get over it. 

I wrote a book, The Blessing in Disguise, and called it that because even with all that happened to me, I consider it a blessing. I might not have felt it then while I was going through it, but I now know it definitely was. It made me who I am today, the strong, confident woman who is not afraid and is so very grateful for everything I have now.

Look, life breaks down like this, 10 percent is about what happens to you, and 90 percent is what you do about it. So yes, shit will happen to you, it will happen to every one of us but how are you going to handle it?

So today my friends are doing something! Stop complaining, get up, and change.

Get excited about your life, and stop complaining. Find your purpose, do what you love to do, step out of faith, let go of your fear, stop blaming everyone else and step up...it's your life, so live it!