When we are falling short, we craft stories to mask our inconsistencies. However, they don’t produce any lasting peace, only chaos. Eventually, we get called on our bluff. Then we make more excuses and point fingers to ease our guilt. Justifying our shortcomings and pretending we don’t see them is a terrible surrogate for real action and virtue. I can blame my workplace, my spouse, my kids, my lack of support, or even my DNA for my problems, but to what avail? The problem is still sitting there, unresolved. When I’m willing to accept an excuse in place of the goal itself, I should admit that I
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