Most of us in our time play the blame game, including blaming ourselves. Sometimes people put too much blame on themselves, and others like to blame those around them for certain issues. One young boy learned that too much blame can cause some issues.
It was the Christmas holiday and the young boy was at his father’s parents’ house for the holiday. The young boy enjoyed being with his dad’s side of the family because he didn’t see them as often. While the young boy was talking to one of his uncle’s, his grandmother called everyone for dinner. Everyone was at the dinner table, except for the young boy’s grandfather, who was watching the news. The young boy’s grandmother called for the grandfather and he came walking in. While everyone was finishing up eating, the young boy went into the living room and switched the channel to one of the Christmas shows. The young boy’s grandfather came back in the room and yelled at the boy for switching the channel. The boy yelled back and the two of them had a heated argument for five minutes. After the night was over and the young boy was leaving, he never apologized for the argument.
Now it is mid-January and the young boy received a phone call in school telling him that his grandfather was sent to the hospital. After school was out he and his family went down to see him. The doctors really didn’t know what was wrong, but they assumed that he was dehydrated from not drinking enough fluids. Well months went by and the young boy’s grandfather was in and out of the hospital constantly. The boy’s grades were slipping and he wasn’t getting enough sleep because he was constantly worried about his grandfather. March came and one weekend, the young boy and his family went to go see his grandfather. The young boy was happy to see his grandfather, but he realized his grandfather wasn’t doing the best. That had a great conversation, and the young boy believed his grandfather would be home soon. A few weeks pasted by and when the young boy came home from school one day, he was told that his grandfather had passed away. The young boy was so upset, and internally started blaming himself for his grandfather’s death.
The funeral came and the boy was taking the death of his grandfather than anybody else in the family, and nobody understood why. After the ceremony, the young boy was devastated and couldn’t stop crying. Finally his parents and his grandmother came up to him and asked what was wrong. The boy shouted, “IT IS MY FAULT GRANDPA IS DEAD!” His parents and grandmother didn’t understand, and asked how it was his fault. The young boy told his story and his family members kept reassuring him it wasn’t his fault and that the young boy’s grandfather forgives him. The young boy heard what they had said, but he still blamed himself, even as he grew up. Due to this episode in his life, the young boy always takes the blame when situations occur in his life because he feels he had some part for the situation that happened.
Most of the time a morale is presented, but here is the twist. What do you think the morale of the story is and why do you think that young boy to this day still believes he cause his grandfather’s death, and why he put’s so much blame on himself when a crisis comes up. Before answering, here is a tip for you; don’t look at the obvious reasons, think outside the box.
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