Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Excuses are great. As long as I have plenty of excuses, I don’t have to take responsibility for my life.

I have plenty of excuses why my life isn’t the way it is supposed to be. I have plenty of excuses why my job isn’t what it is supposed to be.

Please don’t take away any of my excuses. If you do, I’ll have no where to look or go. I’ll have no one or no thing else to blame for my unmet expectations. I’ll have to be responsible for my own life. That is a frightening thought. I don’t know if I am ready for it.