Excuses, excuses, excuses......hard to sell? I think not! Not in our society today.....Victim victim,victim.....even now after all my work at not being a victim.....My life as a runaway from sexual abuse and trauma...yes I have been a victim, I have walked that line of not being sure if I could possibly live and be functional......A padded room at times seemed like a place of security and freedom....... But my life has changed, I worked hard at being the woman I am today only to realize how imbedded it is into my core.....what do I expect from life anyway, how silly for me to expect not to fall if I go on ice not prepared......I remembered a scripture today, one from when I was very religious that shares this: Jesus says to the man crippled from birth....after he learned the man had been sitting there along time......"Dont you want to get well"...the man made many excuses, how he didnt have help.....that when ever he tries, something gets in his way.....sound familiar! But Jesus said get up pick up your mat and walk.....I used to think that it was a bit insensitive of Jesus....but realized today......the point wasn't what I had originally thought......
The point Jesus makes is to stop making excuses and get up...stop blaming everything and every one for the outcome of your life.....do what ever it takes....do something, its better than nothing.....we look for miracles and some one to save us from what we are handed....but how foolish is that.......how many of us complain about our weight while sitting on the couch......or like me wonder why every one is stepping on me when I made my self a door mat.....in all Jesus miracles he performed he always required people to take the steps....the blind man he made him go and wash....the spit and mud he (Jesus put on his eyes)
Why is it such a surprise when random bad things in life occur.....when some one is surprised that they fail a test because they have a hang over or halfheartedly studied or get a DUI because they drove drunk.....we live in a society that makes excuses.......over and over and I am no better........we have all been handed things in life they may not be fair.....but that is never the point.....it is our choices that define who we are and if we sit around wallowing and wonder why things are the way they are.....it isn't anyone's fault but our own.......if you spend too much time looking up and fall over a root......lol
...its not the trees fault......it isnt the systems fault I have no insurance......it isnt my x-husbands fault......it isn't the cosmos fault if I have melanoma after baking in tanning beds.......how did we get like this......do I want someone to blame for that also? Yes, probably!!!! Why not its easier......
I mean come on seriously......some things do just happen but how we handle them is up to us......I am fifty years old and still surprised that I have lived so long.........I will probably live until I am eighty! I need to stop being surprised that I actually am alive and start actually doing something to take care of my self.....I think of the four year old girl who last week called 911 when her mom had a medical emergency saving her mothers life......what excuses am I making..... why and who is to blame for my own mentality....
No one but my self.....it is what Jesus was trying to say.......you are not a victim....you are responsible for your self.....do you EVEN want to get better is what he asked......it is time to stop focusing on all that is wrong and focus on all that is right.......we choose what we have and how we end up.....in every way! Even as a teenager.....we hand our children too many excuses....Our children reflect our own mentality ; its my mother, its my father, the kids they hang with ,the peer pressure, the broken home, the government! We are creating our own hole in every way and we have no excuses....... IT IS Very simple! ITS ME!
Funny, I just finished having sushi at the local place and read my fortune cookie!!! It says: Excuses are easy to manufacture, but hard to sell! There is nothing worse than sitting around hoping someone will fill your excuse bucket.....I need to be called higher and am so grateful for the fortune cookie in my life.
The point Jesus makes is to stop making excuses and get up...stop blaming everything and every one for the outcome of your life.....do what ever it takes....do something, its better than nothing.....we look for miracles and some one to save us from what we are handed....but how foolish is that.......how many of us complain about our weight while sitting on the couch......or like me wonder why every one is stepping on me when I made my self a door mat.....in all Jesus miracles he performed he always required people to take the steps....the blind man he made him go and wash....the spit and mud he (Jesus put on his eyes)
Why is it such a surprise when random bad things in life occur.....when some one is surprised that they fail a test because they have a hang over or halfheartedly studied or get a DUI because they drove drunk.....we live in a society that makes excuses.......over and over and I am no better........we have all been handed things in life they may not be fair.....but that is never the point.....it is our choices that define who we are and if we sit around wallowing and wonder why things are the way they are.....it isn't anyone's fault but our own.......if you spend too much time looking up and fall over a root......lol
...its not the trees fault......it isnt the systems fault I have no insurance......it isnt my x-husbands fault......it isn't the cosmos fault if I have melanoma after baking in tanning beds.......how did we get like this......do I want someone to blame for that also? Yes, probably!!!! Why not its easier......
I mean come on seriously......some things do just happen but how we handle them is up to us......I am fifty years old and still surprised that I have lived so long.........I will probably live until I am eighty! I need to stop being surprised that I actually am alive and start actually doing something to take care of my self.....I think of the four year old girl who last week called 911 when her mom had a medical emergency saving her mothers life......what excuses am I making..... why and who is to blame for my own mentality....
No one but my self.....it is what Jesus was trying to say.......you are not a victim....you are responsible for your self.....do you EVEN want to get better is what he asked......it is time to stop focusing on all that is wrong and focus on all that is right.......we choose what we have and how we end up.....in every way! Even as a teenager.....we hand our children too many excuses....Our children reflect our own mentality ; its my mother, its my father, the kids they hang with ,the peer pressure, the broken home, the government! We are creating our own hole in every way and we have no excuses....... IT IS Very simple! ITS ME!
Funny, I just finished having sushi at the local place and read my fortune cookie!!! It says: Excuses are easy to manufacture, but hard to sell! There is nothing worse than sitting around hoping someone will fill your excuse bucket.....I need to be called higher and am so grateful for the fortune cookie in my life.
