no more excuses, ok? none

i successfully walked for the third day in a row. i could have easily quit but i didn't. it felt good too because i made a conscious decision to do it. i had a baby shower to go to after work today and i knew that we'd be heading out around the time that i like to walk (or a little later) but i told myself that if it's not dark, i can make time to do it or i'm gonna have to do something else.

my philosophy is that if i can do it one day then i can do it two. if i can do it two, then do four. if four days are doable, make it a week. two weeks can easily turn to a month. . . . you know where i'm going with this. keep it up. no excuses. one monkey don't stop no show either (that's gotta be one of my mother's favorites lines).

in church this past sunday, i read something that struck me as funny and true and relevant to some conversations that i've been having lately and very motivational (all at the same time):

ADAM AND EVE DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO AVOID TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SIN. ADAM BLAMED HIS WIFE, EVE BLAMED THE SERPENT. ONE OF THE DIRGES OF MANKIND IS THAT WE REFUSE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR PROBLEMS: OUR PARENTS DID NOT RAISE US WELL; OUR FRIENDS LET US DOWN; OUR PASTOR WAS NOT A GOOD ENOUGH PREACHER; OUR CHILDREN ARE REBELLIOUS; OUR SPOUSE IS NOT UNDERSTANDING; THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE DAY. THE EXCUSES ARE PLENTIFUL. FORGIVENESS AND RESTORATION CANNOT HAPPEN UNTIL WE ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR ACTIONS.