Our wisdom for today comes from Proverbs 22:13:
“The sluggard says, ‘There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!'”
Perhaps, just perhaps, there is a lion in the street. Usually, there is not. Often, the lion-in-the-street response is a way to avoid what we should do.
I love the quote from Benjamin Franklin: “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”
You’ve heard so many excuses in your life. Here are a few common ones:
1. “I don’t have enough time.”
We all have the same 24 hours in a day. What you really mean is that you don’t prioritize that action very highly.
2. “I don’t have the skills.”
Well, learn them. Every skill is learned through effort and practice.
3. “It’s too hard.”
Success is not supposed to be easy. The hard work is what makes it worthwhile.
4. “I’ll do it later.”
Probably not. This is often a way to put things off until they are never done.
These and other like them are just lions in the street, imagined obstacles that keep us from moving forward. Let me leave you with this question: What lions are keeping you from doing what you need to do?
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.