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  blithe

Tue, Aug 21 12:00 AM

Day 11 - good lesson

 

I found  todays lesson to be very inspiring, very practical.  It is all common sense and yet I have never even considered all the excuses I make in order to get out of doing what I don't want to do.  

 

It makes me wonder why I make all the excuses I do.  Is it to sustain my sense of ego?

That seems plausible considering that a lot of the time I like to think of myself as above doing such and such; therefore, I blame it on other things because it is impossible for me to do such and such and A must be caused by B and not be me . . . not by me. 

 

Another possible reason is that if I feel something is of little relevance or importance to me, I just take the path of least resistance.  It's much easier to say that such and such happened because of this or that rather than to say "It was my fault," and feel the guilt or whatever else that comes along with it.

 

This lesson combined with the ones before it showed me that even if an activity may seem irrelevant,  it is not.  The actions I take in any activity form habits in the mind that will affect other seemingly more important activities and sabotage my success. So my final words are . . . you guessed it.  NO EXCUSES!

 

 

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Spiritualjaye Spiritualjaye:

mature thought patterns..

Hi,

 

If you are only 16 as yor profile says, then i have to say you have a very mature thought pattern for a 16 year old... and you have come to TTL at the right time.

 

For many of us on here, we have years of ingrained bad habits and thought patterns to overcome... in my case 30 years since i was 16!! You are at a stage when you can make changes now that will prevent much of the turmoil many of us have gone through..

 

Enjoy your journey here...

 

 

oldangelsue oldangelsue:

Oh what I would give...

to be 16 again and more importantly to find something as powerful as tools to help me grow up and take responsibility for my own life.  You do sound very mature and smart.  I hope you keep on with the program and that all your dreams come true.