The biggest issue I find that I battle in my life is excuses.
I utterly detest excuses. Recently, I have begun to wonder why I hate these excuses so much. I have found two main reasons for why I despise excuses. The first issue I have is much like everyone else’s- excuses don’t take responsibility. Why didn’t you take out the trash? I was going to, but… But. The word of those looking to drop responsibility on anything or anyone. But the dog barked, but I forgot, but the phone rang, but, but, but! I have seen this so many times from adults and it sickens me. The second issue I take with excuses is that it is basically used as a lie. An excuse is a lie we tell ourselves to justify the stupid things we do or don’t do. Again, if we took responsibility we would know that it is on our shoulders to do what is needed. However, when we feel that guilt that we have not done what we should have done, we make the excuse and tell ourselves it really isn’t our responsibility. I know from experience. Too often my health issues would cause me to not feel my best. For instance, I might wake up and go for a run. If I’m not at my best, all I have to say is, “Well, you are in a flare. At least you’re doing something.” I found myself slacking in my workouts way more often than I ever had in the past and made the excuse that it was okay because of my health and I should be happy that I was doing something. Then one day I told myself to stop with the excuses and do the work. Man, it was a tough pill to swallow, but I did it. I have been focusing on pushing myself despite what holds me back. No more excuses. Many would even find my excuses valid. I don’t. Not anymore. Sure, there are days when I need to adjust my workout or take a sick day, but otherwise, I work to my fullest capabilities. I said before that I see excuses from adults. I do. All ages. All genders. All avenues of life. We make excuses. We lie to ourselves and say that it isn’t on us to repair relationships, or that we didn’t get the promotion because our boss just doesn’t like us. It’s easy to place the responsibility on anyone else. It’s time we start standing up. We need to take responsibility for our actions, short-comings, and everything else. Own the mistakes we make and press on. Apologize when necessary. Work harder when needed. Fight for what is right and just. Because the generations after us are watching. The children today can spot our lies and foolishness. We must do better. We must show our children how to act.
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