Fahsilin
Do Not Be Defeated by Excuses
065 Turning the Mind · The wisdom of prajñā, leaving distorted dreams behind

Do Not Be Defeated by Excuses

📖Master’s Reading

Many dreams fail not in ability but in hesitation and excuses. Before acting, we veto ourselves with a hundred reasons: maybe it's too hot, maybe I can't do it, maybe I'm not prepared enough — thinking of these, we let it go, and in the end stall. Our greatest weakness is often being too good to ourselves, always shirking what we ought to do. With no one pressuring you, you indulge yourself, letting lack of confidence and many reasons cut off what you meant to decide.

We fail all because we are defeated by excuses. To pursue life's goal, one must have the courage to rise, dare to face, and not overthink. Practice is the same: if you always wait for time, wait for a better chance, in the end you often never start anything.

Facing life's passes, do not hide shrinking in a corner, nor be defeated by the excuse of no confidence. Try tearing out the page in your dictionary with the word "reason" on it, and act with the attitude of "I can do it." When you no longer indulge yourself and bravely take the first step, you find many things are not as hard as imagined. Starting is always more important than being perfect; as long as you are willing to step out, the gears of destiny turn with you!

🌱Reflection for Daily Life

  • Understand that failure is often being defeated by excuses.
  • Stop indulging yourself in shirking what you ought to do.
  • Tear out the reasons and excuses in your dictionary.
  • Build the attitude of "I can do it."
  • We fail all because we are so often defeated by excuses.
Teaching

Hesitation and shirking breed excuses; a hundred reasons block the way;

dare to face and overthink not — tear away shrinking and begin anew.