Credit Where Credit's Due

The title of this post comes from an episode of Veronica Mars. I use it here because it is very fitting to this post. Anyway, I wondered why is it that when one is visited by good fortune, they find it necessary to credit a heavenly being with bringing about said good fortune. Even when people work hard and accomplish something, religious people tend to give credit and thanks to a god. But, on the other hand, when tragedy befalls, those same people never blame their god. They either blame themselves or others, or no one at all. I guess when bad things happen it's just bad luck or just life; shit happens, as people say.

And when a tragedy or some hardship is overcome by strength of will and character or whatever else, people again tend to attribute this to some sort of divine intervention.

How about giving yourself some credit for accomplishing things. Thank your families and friends for sticking by you or helping you out. And for Thanksgiving, how about thanking the cook who prepared your meal and the person who worked and bought the ingredients to make said meal. Finally, let's give credit where credit is due.