{"id":5777,"date":"2015-03-01T23:29:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T05:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lovingonme.com\/?p=5777"},"modified":"2017-04-03T10:08:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T15:08:44","slug":"kick-excuses-to-the-curb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/2015\/03\/01\/kick-excuses-to-the-curb\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s How to Kick Excuses to the Curb"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"No<\/a>Excuses are the enemy of abundance. They\u2019re what we hide behind to avoid leaving our comfort zone. For most of us, we don\u2019t knowingly decide to settle. We\u2019ve just been there for so long we\u2019ve convinced ourselves that\u00a0it’s where we belong.<\/p>\n

I thought about that a lot this past month, as we \u00a0launched our “I am” campaign<\/a><\/strong>, asking\u00a0people how do you define you?\u00a0Women from around the world responded with powerful affirmations that declared their value and worth.\u00a0The question for me though is, what’s next?\u00a0How do we take all these powerful affirmations and put them into action? I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019m thinking one of the first things I personally need to do is to kick my excuses to the curb.<\/p>\n

Trust me, I\u2019ve got a lot of them.\u00a0Anything I haven’t done – I’ve got an excuse for it. The question is why am I using my energy to find reasons why I can’t get something done, instead of focusing on what’s possible?\u00a0I said, \u201cI am Unstoppable\u201d, but do I believe it?<\/p>\n

Hmm\u2026do you believe what you say about you? Last\u00a0month I saw affirmations that said I am Valuable, I am Enough, I am Strong, I am Fierce, I am Love\u2026is that what we think is true in our heart of hearts?\u00a0Only you can say for sure how you really feel, but I\u2019m betting that if you\u2019re like me, you do believe it\u2019s true. But when faced with what seem like insurmountable odds or circumstances we can\u2019t change, sometimes our actions are governed by our\u00a0fears. Phobias\u00a0rooted so deeply beneath the surface, that we almost forget they\u2019re there. That is until life throws us a curve ball, and we have to decide whether to step out on faith, or stay stuck in fear.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s then that our mind starts conjuring up excuses for why we can\u2019t make bold choices. Heck, why we can\u2019t make a choice at all. We let those wild, errant thoughts in our head hold us back, convincing us of what we can\u2019t achieve. As a result, months or years later we look up and marvel at how the world has kept going, but we are in the same place.<\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019m not buying it anymore. I\u2019m challenging all of us to let 2015 be our year of manifestation. To boldly live out our beliefs, and bravely put them into action. For me, that means that I will not say, \u201cI am Unstoppable\u201d, without tenaciously pursuing my destiny \u2013 in every area. I will not trust God with just a part of my life. It\u2019s got to be His way all the way, and that is a BOLD statement for me.<\/p>\n

You see, for years I have trusted God\u00a0with my career, my child and my care. But relationships with men? Mm\u2026not so much. I wanted to do that part my way. Because I had needs, you see, and He clearly wasn\u2019t interested in those. I was afraid that by waiting on Him, I was going to end up alone. So, I took matters into my own hands, using the excuse that I’m getting too old to keep waiting.<\/p>\n

But truth is, I wasn’t getting too old. I was just tired of waiting. Impatient, and ready to have things on my own timetable, I found an excuse to do it my way.\u00a0And guess what, it turned out a hot mess. As opposed to the areas of my life where God was in control,\u00a0and\u00a0things just sailed along. Not problem free, but free of fears that encouraged me to make bad choices.<\/p>\n

That’s why now, I’m dropping the excuses and getting back on\u00a0the Divine plan.\u00a0Is it easy? Not always. Not even going to lie about that. But it is doable, and here’s how:<\/p>\n