We are guilty of this....excuses, excuses, excuses

Some explanations are regarded as "good excuses," while others are looked upon as "poor excuses." Either way, they both give explanations, or reasons why.

"I forgot" is perhaps the most popular and even thought by some to be the worst excuse of all time.

On the other hand, if you were bed ridden for a week with a real bad flu, that would rank pretty high as a "good excuse" for not going to work, right?

But what about excuses people have concerning their goals and their dreams? What about places we would like to go in life, things we want to do, things we would like to accomplish, the financial freedom we always dream of, but somewhere along the line, those dreams just seem obscure and we start to come up with some "good excuses" for not doing what we need to do to accomplish those dreams. Sound familiar?

Suppose we had dreams and aspirations of running a marathon, climbing a mountain, or even jumping out of a plane? Those are really exciting goals and dreams, but what if we were blind? Being blind would be a pretty "good excuse," wouldn't it?

Have you ever heard of Erik Weihenmayer? He went blind at age 13. Erik has run in marathons, jumped out of planes, and climbed mountains, including Mt. Everest! Here's quote from Erik:

"When I went blind, it was tough to even find the bathroom. Now that I've climbed Mount Everest, well, I guess I've come a long way."

On May 25, 2001, Erik Weihenmayer became the first blind man in history to reach the summit of the world's highest peak - Mount Everest. And on September 5, 2002, when he stood on top of Mt. Kosciusko in Australia, Erik had completed his 7-year goal to climb The Seven Summits - the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.

I know from my research that only 100 mountaineers have ever accomplished that feat. Erik did it at the age 33, one of the youngest climbers to accomplish that feat! You can read Erik's book, called, Touch the Top of the World.

So, are our dreams, goals and desires too big? I don't think so.

So don't be afraid to have big goals, and big dreams! Ask God for help and direction and then start pursuing, and pursue with all your might, without making excuses!

Is there someone you can talk to? Do we need further education or training? Are there places we need to go to see and learn?

In other words, start taking whatever action we can right now, today! And continue to pursue after it day after day, refusing to quit.

We can choose to consistently pursue after our goals or we can choose to just sit back and go through all the "good excuses" of why those goals just won't happen for us.

Our dreams and our desires are important because they are ours! God will help us and give us the desires of our heart.

Stop making excuses and start pursuing our dreams! Just do it!

Note: This post is also a reminder to myself.