Reflections on growth and accountability
It’s easy to reach for the Blame Hat.
It’s familiar. It shields us from discomfort.
It says:
“It wasn’t me.”
“They made me do it.”
“If only they hadn’t…”
And sometimes, yes—others do hurt us.
Systems do fail us.
Circumstances are hard.
Neve the less growth begins when we learn to set the Blame Hat down and try on another:
The Mirror Hat.
It’s less flashy. Less comfortable. But honest. Looking at ourselves can be confronting and revealing. We might not like what we see.
It invites us to ask:
What part of this is mine to own?
How did I respond?
What can I choose differently next time?
Are really the others to blame?
Owning our actions isn’t about guilt.
It’s about freedom.
Because when we take responsibility, we take back our power.
We stop waiting for others to change and begin changing the only thing we truly can:
ourselves.
So today, you might like to ask yourself:
Am I hiding beneath the Blame Hat?
Or am I brave enough to wear the Mirror?
One frees you.
The other repeats you.
