The Foolishness of Blaming

Each day, among the people. Every day we hear others placing blame, Casting on to another their own mistakes, Distressing others because they cannot be controlled. Other than man, who in the world lays blame? Certainly nothing born of the Mother, Not the hunted nor the hunter. It is man who must lay blame, Born from the foolish belief that his world Can be somehow controlled. There is no greater delusion than that of control And no greater act of foolishness Than to lay blame for that reason. The Wise Elder simply keeps on dancing.

(Excerpted from Quiet Heart by Sleeping Crow, a collection of Native spiritual teachings based upon life with a small, Pacific Northwest Native American nation.)