晨读英语美文 Excuses

Excuses   

[00:05.20]Some people go through life standing at the excuse counter.

[00:10.90]People say they'd like to do this or that, but

[00:14.90]then they offer all the excuses in the world 

[00:18.50]why they can't do whatever it is. 

[00:21.81]No matter what the excuses are, 

[00:24.25]the only thing usually limiting them is their own self-perception.

[00:30.28]If I've learned anything, 

[00:32.42]I've learned a person—any person

[00:35.71]can do just about anything they set their mind to do. 

[00:40.49]The only thing you need is a willingness to work for what you want, 

[00:45.62]patience to learn what you need to know, 

[00:48.54]and just a little bit of belief in yourself. 

[00:52.81]The most important of these is belief in yourself, 

[00:57.34]but you only need a seed. 

[00:59.88]Your faith in yourself will grow with you as you move forward. 

[01:05.39]If your self-perception is that 

[01:07.60]you can't accomplish something 

[01:09.76]because you're not smart enough, 

[01:12.14]then take the time to learn what you need to know 

[01:15.63]and your self-perception will change.

[01:18.92] If your self-perception is that you can't accomplish something 

[01:22.85]because you never finish anything you start, 

[01:26.01]then go finish something and change your self-perception.

[01:30.94]If your self-perception is that you're too lazy, too busy, 

[01:35.82]too unworthy, too unfocused, too depressed, 

[01:40.18]too dependent on others, too anything to accomplish great things, 

[01:45.31]then you're right. 

[01:46.75]You are that because you believe that, 

[01:49.84]but you can change that!

[01:53.60]Life is change, and the past doesn't equal the future. 

[01:58.75]Your reality today is the result of your past beliefs and actions. 

[02:04.87]Change your beliefs and actions and you change your future. 

[02:10.06]If you think you can or you can't, you're right. 

[02:14.10]You are what you think.

[02:16.83]Think about that the next time you need an excuse.

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