What an 8-Year Old Boy Can Teach You About the Fallacy of Your Excuses

by Leesa Renée | May 24, 2013 | Innovative Ideas | 5 comments

The next time you think your mess, misery or breakdown is an excuse not to move forward, look what one brother did for another.

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5 Comments

Toni Ruppert on July 2, 2013 at 10:24 am

Wow, Thank you Leesa! I just saw this and it so encouraged me. OK…no more whining…nor more excuses.
Kent Julian on May 25, 2013 at 2:30 pm

Wow!
- Leesa Renee Hall on May 28, 2013 at 3:41 pm
  
  Isn’t this story so awesome?
Henry Matlock on May 25, 2013 at 12:03 pm

You should have warned us we’d need tissue. 🙂 Beautiful story, Leesa.
- Leesa Renee Hall on May 28, 2013 at 3:41 pm
  
  Hah! Yes, I should’ve put out a warning to that effect 😉