No Excuses

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.

— Florence Nightingale —

 

Amen…if I’m not the problem, there is no solution.

I used to be an excuse machine until I was introduced to the Serenity Prayer.  Today, whenever the committee in my head slams the gavel and calls an “excuse meeting” to order, I start praying the Serenity Prayer.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change (other people, places & things).

Courage to change the things I can (me).

And the wisdom to know the difference (which eliminates all excuses).

P.E.A.C.E.

Jay@EagleLaunch.com

Proverbs 24:30-34, “I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.  Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.  A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.”  (ESV)

…this is one of my all time favorite pieces of scripture!

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