Excuses

Excuses

There's this phrase trending now in school! "Don't give Excuses"

It's quite true isn't it? We don't really have an excuse, like a LEGIT excuse, to get ourselves out of trouble. It may be a good excuse, but it's still an excuse. 

Last week, Pastor Jeremy came to my school to give a talk for Religious Emphasis Week. He spoke about excuses ad showed that really, there shouldn't be any excuses. SO NO EXCUSES! Here's something which happened to me the other day,

I was in school coaching (but mostly slacking) some of the younger shooters. Half way through their training while they were in the middle of a set, i went to meet someone. I was barely gone for 1 minutes. When i got back, what did I see? One boy shooting at another boys target. Someone eating while training. Numerous boys engaged in their own discussions about their girlfriends, boyfriends, gayfriends...whatever! But they weren't doing what they were supposed to do. They didn't obey. And I'm glad they just accepted the subsequent punishment sets without complaining. Because that's what we should do after we make a mistake. Accept it, Apologize, Move on. No excuses 

But didn't the above paragraph make them sound really bad in general? Like some ill-disciplined kids? Yes it does. But many of us fail to see that we are actually just like them. For those Christians reading this blog, do you really follow strictly to the 10 commandments? I know most of us have broken at least one. I'll just bring up one, "Honour thy father and thy mother". Now remember that time when you felt your parents were unreasonable (or they may really be unreasonable) and you argued with them? Is that honouring them? Think about it. 

And what's your excuse for breaking the laws? No excuses. Put in the effort TODAY!

Non-Christian? Ok, Athletes reading this. Your coach gave you a hard set to do. You didn't put in your 100% because you feel there's no point. What's your excuse? Didn't you want to achieve your goals? Even if you have talent, slacking will get you nowhere near where hard work and determination can bring you.

Non-Athlete too? Let's talk about the work place or in school. Didn't finish your latest assignment on time? "I was busy" "I had so many assignments to do already". NO EXCUSES. Prioritize. I've written about managing yourself before! You can do it! Refer to my previous posts if you need to! Help yourself achieve YOUR FULL POTENTIAL.

So remember. No Excuses. 

Food for thought: Do you want to build a House of failure? or a House of success?

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