First of all let me wish everybody a happy new year! I hope the new year will be better than last year for us.
I was remembering a story which I studied when I was in school. There was a King who decided to visit a jail in his kingdom to talk to prisoners who were jailed there. He spoke to them and asked them what they had learned while they were in the jail, whether they had improved their lives. All the prisoners he spoke to were blaming their circumstances, other people for their condition. The king was highly disappointed to hear everyone say like that. Only one prisoner told the king that he had reflected on his life, and he realized that it was all due to his mistakes only. When the kind heard that, he was very impressed and he ordered that prisoner to be freed.
One thing which I want to tell to young people all over the world is that we should take responsibility for our actions always. As I have told before many times, none of us are perfect. All of us have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Many times, out of our weakness we may commit certain acts which might hurt others. Our natural reaction is to disown responsibility or to blame others. We should never do that. That will make our fellow beings lose repect for us, and God displeased with us. But if we accept our mistakes and ask forgiveness from God, He will forgive us with open arms!
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