Excuses
Why hello there! "Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself." ~Henry Ward Beecher
How many times have you said any or all of the following:
I can't because I am tired.
I don't have any time.
I am too busy.
I am not thin enough.
I am not strong enough.
I don't have enough money.
I don't have enough friends.
I don't feel like it.
I can't.
That is impossible.
There isn't enough _______.
"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse. ~Florence Nightingale
We make excuses for ourselves because it is more comfortable than risking, than coming out of our safe little jacked up cocoon and actually seeing what we are capable of. We say that we are too busy, too tired, not skilled, not rich etc. when the real situation is we have all the tools we need to do whatever we want. First, we have to stop making excuses. We have to stop allowing ourselves to get out of something because we may have to work at it. When you allow yourself to be responsible for what you do and what you decide not to do you realize just how truly capable you are.
We choose to live where it is comfortable, even if we are unhappy. The unhappy place may be safer than pushing the edges of the box you've constructive to live in.
What can you choose to own right now? What will you stop making excuses around?
It is easier than you think. When you hear yourself giving a reason around your behavior simply stop and do what your highest self would do. Period. No excuses.
xo
a
"Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee for personal failure." Bill Clinton
ps, I LOVE music, as you must know and I LOVE Alanis Morissette. Here are the lyrics to a fantastic and appropriately titled (for this post) song.
EXCUSES BY ALANIS MORISSETTE
Why no one will help me
I am too dumb I am too smart
They'll not understand me
I am lonely
They'll hate me
And there is not enough time
It's too hard to help me
And god wants me to work
No resting no lazy
These excuses how they served me so well
They've kept me safe
They've kept me stuck
They've kept me locked in my own cell
I'm too far from home
It takes far too much energy
And I cannot afford to
No one will ever see me
These excuses how they served me so well
They've kept me safe
They've kept me stuck
They've kept me locked in my own cell
These excuses how they're so familiar
They've kept me blocked
They've kept me small
They've kept me safe inside my shell
Bringing this into the light
Shakes their foundation
And it clears my sight
Now my imagination
Is the only thing that limits
The bar and its rise to the heights
No one can have it all see
I have to they want me to
And I can't let them down
I'll never be happy
These excuses how they served me so well
They've kept me safe
They’ve kept me stuck
They’ve kept me locked in my own cell
These excuses how they're so familiar
They've kept me blocked
They've kept me small
They've kept me safe inside my shell