I'm reading a book right now by Wayne Dyer called "Excuses Begone". The premise is that we can lifelong self-defeating thinking habits... aka... excuses! He lists 18 of the most common excuses... no energy, no time, can't afford it, no one to help, etc. I read over those 18 excuses and... well... yes... there were quite a few that resonated with me... the premiere one being "I have no time"! Sigh... That is the one that seems to come up most often for me, and apparently for a lot of other people as well.
The interesting thing that Dyer pointed out was that if we feel overwhelmed and that we have too many things to do, it's because we chose that. We have chosen to take on too many things. And if I take a look at my own life, I can see that... I don't work on my grandfather's book as conscientiously as I should because I don't have enough time, because I have too many other things to do. Yes... and I have chosen to take on a variety of new things because... well... because I am avoiding the grandfather book! And it gives me the excuse that I'm too busy and I don't have enough time! Sigh...
It's no wonder that I feel like I don't have enough time... I create that lack of time in my life... and I can also create enough time in my life...
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