FEBRUARY 2 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Blame-saying is game-playing"

A Day at a Time Reflections · Feb 2, 2026 · 1m

Looking back, I realize just how much of my life has been spent in dwelling upon the faults of others. It provided much self-satisfaction, to be sure, but I see now just how subtle and actually perverse the process became. After all was said and done, the net effect of dwelling on the so-called faults of others was self-granted permission to remain comfortably unaware of my own defects. Do I still point my finger at others and thus self-deceptively overlook my own shortcomings? Today I Pray … May I see that my preoccupation with the faults of others is really a smokescreen to keep me from…