EXCUSES ARE THE TOOLS OF INCOMPETENCE, USED TO BUILD MONUMENTS OF NOTHINGNESS.
Arthur unknown
Recently I was listening as some people complained about feeling left out of their own family. They know their family loves them and they love their family. Yet they feel left out. So let me share my thoughts on this situation. If there is going to be a firework show one evening and you just absolutely love fireworks and you really, really want to see them, are you going to miss them because the mayor didn’t call you up and tell you to come to watch the fireworks? No, you’re going to ride to wherever it is and watch it. My mother has not been in any home I have lived in for well over thirty years. Let me assure you I have no doubts that my mother loves me with all her heart. Let me also assure you I love her with all of mine. Do you think for a second I am going to not see or socialize with my mother because she hasn’t been to my home? Absolutely not. There is nothing that can stop me from seeing my mother, there is nothing that can stop me from seeing my kids. I love them and I’m not going to look for some excuse or someone to blame because I don’t get off my butt and go to them to see them or socialize with them. I don’t call and make appointments either. When I go to my mother’s I knock on the door as I’m opening it and going in. If she wants privacy it will be locked. I raid the refrigerator, the cabinet that her cakes usually sit on, and the drawer that the candy is in. I make myself at home. I tell anyone that comes to my house, I’ll wait on you once after that you are on your own so pay attention where stuff is. If you want an excuse to not be a part of anything including your family it won’t be hard to find one. The world is full of excuses. Or you can take all that wasted energy you used looking for excuses and get your butt down the road and act like YOU’RE family. Don’t wait until you’re standing beside their casket in tears wishing that you would have gone and seen someone you love and want in your life. If you love someone that you need and want in your life don’t sit on your butt crying because they’re not. Get off your butt and do something about it. Love is not a game of tag you’re it. I love you and miss you but I’m not coming to see you because you have had everyone in the family over to your house but me. Well, whose fault do you think that is? Seriously? You can’t make anything happen, you can’t accomplish anything, you can’t get anything, win anything or even be anything living a life controlled by excuses. Make it happen. Oh, and when you see them… give them a hug from me too, please.
Simply my Thoughts
Dean Butler
