The Heart of Lust
Much of my adult work has been spent in the classroom, teaching junior high and high school students math and science. Often one of the challenges I faced was getting students to take responsibility for their own actions. The missing homework is always a classic example. I have not heard, "My dog ate it!" but have heard a litany of other excuses, "It's my sister's fault!" "It's my parents’ fault!" There was always something or someone else to blame. This is a common theme in addiction as well. We blame shift or point fingers at others and do not want to take responsibility for ourselves. We blame our family of origin, we blame our wives and kids, we blame our employer, Biden, or Trump. Some of us even dare to blame God. Everyone else is at fault, except us. We want to look to others, to the external environment to find the cause of our problems. We know we have issues and that our behaviors are out of control, but we fail to realize that th...