Day 11: Excusitis the disease of failure

While reading "The Magic of Thinking Big" I was introduced to the idea of Exusitis, the disease of failure. The concept goes as such, we all at one point or another have used an excuse to limit ourselves, or keep ourselves the same. Initially we are aware that we are using this "reason" as an excuse and that we may be stretching it a bit in order to not take responsibility. Well in this process we sometimes use these excuses again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, to the point where we don't even realize it, but we begin to believe this excuse is our reality. Upon reading this I realized I had created in my life the results of my thinking and had accepted and allowed myself to become a victim of excusitis

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to participate in excuses such as "I don't have time, my body hurts, or I am too tired" to get out of doing the things I knew I needed to be doing

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to use excuses to avoid taking responsibility over and over again to the point where I began to believe that these excuses were my reality not seeing realizing and understanding that the more and more I participated in these excuses, the more and more they DID start to become my reality

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to stretch the truth through the use of excuses in order to get out of doing things that I don't feel like doing

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to deceive myself by bringing myself to believe in my excuses so that I can convince others that they should believe my excuses as well

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to accept and allow within others participation in excuses because of my own participation, not seeing realizing and understanding that I cannot hold others accountable when I do not hold myself accountable

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to use the excuse I am too tired

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to use the excuse my body hurts

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to use the excuse I don't have time

I see realize and understand that participation in excuses can cause one to create a life they do not desire and so

I commit myself to hold myself accountable to the excuses I use at least privately in order to see realize and understand how excuses form in part the reality that I create