Lets get honest.

The other day there I was out walking when I passed a lady deeply engrossed with her mobile phone. Running around her were three very large dogs, getting passed he became almost impossible even though I had asked twice if she could excuse me. Eventually, I was able to pass only to find her three dogs barking and snarling at my heels.  "They have never done that before," she said trying to get them under control. It must be what you are wearing. This sounded familiar. I cannot recall the number of time I have been to blame for barking dogs.

Wearing the wrong clothes, walking too fast and many other excuses for the behaviour of their dogs.

I walked onwards and eventually, they stopped chasing and barking. As I headed upward I heard the same dogs barking and snarling again this time two children were shouting to their parents for help obviously in fear of the dogs that had never done that before.

We live in a blame society. Less and less are we ever responsible for our actions? Somebody else has to be to blame it can never be our fault.

There is a little tale about a donkey.

Khandya owns a donkey, that is a very lazy donkey even although it has always been treated kindly by its owner. It is well looked after but still, it is very lazy. it will do anything to avoid having to do any work.

One day Khandya loaded the donkey with bags of salt. On the way along the edge of the river the donkey slipped and fell into the river. Of course, the salt began to dissolve in the water and the load became lighter. 

The donkey thinks this is marvellous. The next journey carrying the bags of salt the donkey does not slip but he makes sure that he ends up in the water, again lightening his load.

This happens a number of times and the Khandya thinks that he has to find a solution to this problem, this is costing him money. The next day he loads two sacks onto the back of the donkey weighing almost the exact same weight but this time not with salt but with cotton. Again the donkey makes sure he ends up in the water. This time, however, rather than the load becoming lighter becomes so much heavier. The donkey finds it difficult to get out of the water without the help of its owner. 

He gets out of the water with help and starts back along the track but now the weight on his back is almost unbearable. A lesson has been learned.

The moral of this story is simple yet worthy of some thought. Honesty and sincerity is the best way to work because laziness and blaming others only leads to trouble. 

Have a marvellous day.