“Most problems aren’t as complicated as the excuses we make for them.”
— The Sage
The Sage has long believed that human beings possess an extraordinary talent for complication. Problems, he says, tend to arrive in simple shapes — a decision to be made, a truth to be faced, a task to be started. But instead of meeting them head-on, we cloak them in layers of hesitation, justification, and imaginative avoidance. The excuses, he notes with a sigh, often take more energy than solving the problem itself.
He observes that excuses are rarely about the problem at all. They’re stories we tell ourselves to protect our pride, our comfort, or our fear of failure. The Sage does not condemn this — he understands that excuses are simply padded armour for the ego. But he also gently reminds us that armour is heavy, and carrying it slows us down more than the problem ever would.
His humour softens the message, but the truth remains: clarity often returns the moment excuses fall away. When we stop explaining why something can’t be done, the path to doing it appears far less daunting. The Sage encourages us to see excuses for what they are — clever distractions — and to embrace the lightness that comes from letting them go.
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