We often blame 'Satan' or our perceived 'enemies' for our misfortune. What does blaming others do for us in those moments? It blinds us from seeing the mistakes we made which may have contributed to our misfortune. Because we cannot see what we did wrong, we are unable to learn any lesson. Because we are unable to learn from our mistake, we will keep making the same mistake again and again and we ...will keep blaming 'Satan' and our 'enemies' again and again.
In such circumstance, who is our real enemy?
Before you rush to answer this question, I want you to read the following quote by Epictetus, a first century slave turned philosopher.
"It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to blame another, nor himself."
In such circumstance, who is our real enemy?
Before you rush to answer this question, I want you to read the following quote by Epictetus, a first century slave turned philosopher.
"It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to blame another, nor himself."
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