“Excuse is the easiest way to escape from reality.”

This was one of the comments to an old post on my blog. Not that I didn’t realize this earlier, but off late I have seen from my naked eyes, the bitter fruit that excuse bears on one’s life. I agree that circumstances are powerful and mould an individual the way they desire. But, I still think that its only us who can change the lyrics that our life can sway or sulk to.
I am sure many of you are cursing me for the preachy notes. I know it is easier said than done. I know that you’ll understand…and very well at that. But trust me, there are times when you are just forced to remind people things that they know already.
I am talking about episodes where a lone mother who is worried about her son’s health all the while and yet, is lazy to get up to fetch a fresh pyjama to replace the wet ones that her 2-year old is wearing in chilly winters. This is about a GenY guy who knows the value of work experience and responsibility yet refuses to give up the comforts of protection and freedom. I’m talking about the wife who knows that her health needs the attention that she has been denying all along yet pays no heed.
Who doesn’t face adversities in their lives? Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. There are so many of us who eulogize their grief and pain…who seek constant sympathy...and who also keep denying hope or change or even the will to change things, circumstances, the lyrics of their lives.
For everything, everyone, has an EXCUSE.