I think we can see the mindset of not wanting to accept the consequences all over the place. It’s probably built into us because of our sin nature. When my six year old was given the choice the other day of undoing her action (which wasn’t fun) or leaving it and accepting the consequences (also not fun), her immediate response was– “BOTH! I want to keep it and not get in trouble.” Obviously, we can’t have it both ways. After my husband finally got her to see that she had to choose one or the other, and that it was impossible to have swats and not have swats at the same time, she finally made her choice. Obviously, the lesson in that being that we must accept the consequences of our actions. But how often do adults also make the same cry: “I want both!!”? It is true that we are often guilty, as guilty as a six year old trying to get out of swats. :)