Excuses Me Pleases

Is anyone in the mood for reasoning, how's about an excuse?

It's very simple to give reasons for one's short comings, to justify one's folly, to find a loop hole for laziness.

However, these probably cause more harm than good. Evidence? Look at the world economy. Instead of taking up the mantle of responsibility, big business execs preferred to blame their greed on the non educated , the equally greedy, the misinformed, and probably the poor and desperate. I am certain that these "money lenders" and "financial advisers" knew fully well the consequences of certain decisions and the actions of their customers but I suppose they wanted to see how much they could squeeze before it reached a critical point. Critical, it seems, came sooner than they thought.

So what about you my friend. How many excuses have you made today, yesterday, going to have to make tomorrow? I can't blame you though there are many rights to be wrong, and are twice as many words, phrases, quotes and statements that generate enough sympathy (stupidity), so that people will believe, attempt to understand, try to empathise, or simply accept your failure.

Failure is not a bad thing here, it shouldn't be a habit though...but it's not a bad thing. It's as the Dali Lama says: "When you lose, don't lose the lesson". We, however, tend to gain the excuse rather than the lesson.

What about mistakes, I'm sure you've never gotten up and said "hey i'm gonna make a mistake today". I may have mentioned this in my other posts but certainly not this... In the modern world our experience is just another word for our mistakes, and sadly our justifications are just our excuses.

The solution: Take responsibility... It's that simple. An excuse harms no one but yourself. What are you trying to protect? Your good name, your reputation, or your pride and facade. Image is everything in this life I agree, but in the end it's nothing. every time you use an excuse you sentence yourself to live by the same fate you claim. I say (inspired by the bible) by the power of the tongue shall you manifest.

Be reasonable if not with other with yourself, and being truly reasonable with yourself you will come to notice the benefits you give to others.