We are averse to the truth because the truth is averse to our greed. And so we will either give up our greed and surrender to the truth, or we embrace our greed and surrender everything else.

Blame is the coward’s solution to his fear of accountability.

The dark might be dark, but at least we don’t have to look at ourselves when we’re standing in it.

More often than not, to blame someone else is to play ‘hot potato’ with something that’s neither hot nor a potato.

The reason placing blame repeatedly fails to work is that I repeatedly place it on everyone else instead of where it actually belongs.

Forgiveness is telling ourselves that the ‘wrong’ that we did will not impede the ‘right’ that we can do.

To incessantly blame others for my shortcomings is cowardice borne of fear, fed by fear, and haunted by fear. To be steadfastly accountable for my shortcomings is bravery borne of God, fed by God, and blessed by God.

I will either adamantly prioritize my agendas at the expense of the truth, or I will consistently bring my agendas into unrelenting obedience to the truth. And if for some reason you’re trying to determine who I truly am, the choice I make will tell you.

It’s really a rather simple thing to bring balance to my anger. All I need to do is remember that the ‘hand of cards’ that have been dealt to me pale in comparison to the ‘deck of cards’ that I’ve thrown at others.