I have shared two posts about personal responsibility and the possibility that a person’s own actions help sustain difficult circumstances. One states that directly; the other shares a quotation attributed to Carl Jung.
On November 13, 2024, I posted a blunt reminder that turns the idea of someone ruining your life back toward personal responsibility.
If you think someone’s ruined your life, you’re right. It’s you.
On June 26, 2025, I shared a quotation attributed to Carl Jung about failing to recognize one’s role in a tragedy and continuing to feed it. The post linked to https://t.co/FEPmFgDN3J; it does not establish the quotation’s original source or context, or whether I personally endorsed it.
“It is often tragic to see how blatantly a man bungles his own life and the lives of others yet remains totally incapable of seeing how much the whole tragedy originates in himself, and how he continually feeds it and keeps it going.” — Carl Jung.
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