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Monday, September 18, 2006
What had done happened... What had done happened... The other day I went to lunch with a kid from my youth group, I've been trying to connect with this kid for a while. This kid stands out from the rest with his natural charisma, friendliness and personality. Everyone seems to like him and want to be around him. He's one of those kids that I would say is just "cool". So, our lunch encounter was the opportunity for me to get to know him a little better so that I could see what he's all about. It didn't take long for me to recognize his deal. He was a kid who had a lot of talent and abilities but often got sidetracked because of his greatest ability: that is to make excuses and blame other people for his shortcomings. During our conversation I found that he was in the middle of being suspended from school for three days. When I asked him about it he proceeded to explain: "see, what had done happened was... it wasn't really my fault.. the teacher over-reacted and suspended me for knocking over a water bottle... that's all I did..." We talked about his past and how he was busted as a juvenile for stealing. "Man, that was bogus. I was with my friend who was stealing and I got busted for being with him." I asked him if he was guilty he said no, he didn't do it. Three minutes later, he proceeded to tell me how he used to steal all the time as a teenager. "But, what had done happened is... I wasn't stealing that time.. it's not fair that I get caught the time that I'm innocent..." You get the point, don't you? Doesn't this seem to be a prevalent theme for people today? Most things in life aren't their fault. Someone else is to blame. They have an excuse for all their shortcomings and failures. The sad part of this is that some of them will never grow out of this mindset. There are a lot of adults who live by this same philosophy. It's not their fault when something bad happens and most of the time they are not ready to own up to their own "crap". My prayer for them and for you is that you adopt the philosophy that the buck stops with me. The sooner you are able to realize that you will mess up sometimes and that you don't have it all together, the quicker you will be able to accept responsibility and learn from your failures. This is when you will be able to move past them. It is on the other side of failure that we learn what true success and achievement is. By making excuses and letting the "what had done happeneds" flow easily from our mouths, we are only prolonging our learning period in life. Make sure you are on the right path to success. Leave the "what had done happeneds" for someone else. Word... posted by Pasta' Alex # 5:22 PM   Comments: This is good stuff. Thanks for sharing. # posted by  : 9/20/2006 11:13 PM
THATS GOOD TRUTH!# posted by : 9/20/2006 11:55 PM
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