So Close

January 18, 2022

So close. So close to what? So close to saying I love you. What stopped you from saying it? So close to complimenting your husband or wife for being so wonderful? What happened? Why didn’t you say it? What held you back? So close, doesn’t count in the long run unless you are playing horseshoes. But, I was so close. But what? There are always excuses when you do not reach your anticipated goal. Get over yourself. Stop making excuses for what you didn’t do. Do what you do, and do not make excuses for what you didn’t do. So close is not acceptable. If something is important to you or to someone you love, then make it happen. He almost made it to the hospital to see his son born, but there was traffic. He almost made it. He was so close. It doesn’t matter, he was not there. Always remember, so close does not matter unless you are playing horseshoes. Stop with the excuses. We all have choices to make in life. The choices we make will be better choices if we put a priority on them to be accomplished. She was going to get her mother a card for her birthday that was today, but she had to work late and by the time she got to the store it was closed. She missed getting into the store by five minutes. She was so close. So close doesn’t matter when a daughter does not have a card for her mother for her birthday. Mom doesn’t want to hear excuses, but she loves her daughter and lets it slide, as a tear dampens her cheek. So close does not stop her mom’s heart from being disappointed. Her daughter should have gotten her mother’s card before the last moment. She should have made it a priority. She didn’t, so she had to come up with an excuse as to why she was unable to get a card that would have meant so much to her mother. So close is not good enough. The mother’s daughter blew it. There could be no acceptable excuse. In life what we make happen will be a better memory than an I should have, could have, but I didn’t memory. Every time “but” shows up in a sentence you did not make something happen. But is a short word that always means there is an excuse for why something did happen, or why something did not happen. I would have handed in my homework, but my dog ate it. That wasn’t even an original excuse. Dogs have been eating homework since the invention of paper. You didn’t hand in your homework because you did not make it a priority, and you didn’t do it. Now you have to pay the consequences. You were so close to getting an A. It doesn’t matter how close you were, you did not get an A, because you messed up. In life it is best to say I tried to do the best I could. Then if you came in second it was all fine and good. If you did not give it your all and fell short of the mark, then close was not good enough. Happy people are people who have their priorities straight, people who have all their ducks in a row. Happy people know what they have to do and do it. Happy people know what they want to do and make it happen. Happy people do not have to make excuses. Happy does not mean being perfect. Happy means not having any regrets. Happy people are not procrastinators. Happy people are doers. Happy is a choice. Make happy happen. You are so close. Don’t drop the ball now. Have a super great day. Make it happen.

Granny-o

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