excuse Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/excuse/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 21:58:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Silence https://smthingscount.com/2020/01/23/silence/ Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:06:09 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8826 Again and again we hear people excuse their inaction in the face of cruelty and injustice with the declaration that one person can’t make any

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]]> Pass Me That Mound of Chocolate https://smthingscount.com/2019/10/28/pass-me-that-mound-of-chocolate/ https://smthingscount.com/2019/10/28/pass-me-that-mound-of-chocolate/#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2019 14:49:42 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8523 Today is (believe it or not) National Chocolate Day. I admit, as a chocoholic, I don’t need a reason to eat chocolate. But I have

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2019/10/28/pass-me-that-mound-of-chocolate/feed/ 2 Tight Jeans–Invitation to Rape? https://smthingscount.com/2018/04/25/tight-jeans-invitation-to-rape/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:19:02 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6853 Denim Day?!  How stupid is that!  Not at all when we look at how it started and what wearing denim today means. 18 years ago

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]]> When a Promise Should be Broken https://smthingscount.com/2017/07/24/when-a-promise-should-be-broken/ https://smthingscount.com/2017/07/24/when-a-promise-should-be-broken/#comments Mon, 24 Jul 2017 14:04:58 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6082 I respect people who keep their promises.  But what if they haven’t done so yet and they know that the person they made the promise

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]]> https://smthingscount.com/2017/07/24/when-a-promise-should-be-broken/feed/ 2 Tight Denim and Rape https://smthingscount.com/2017/04/26/tight-denim-and-rape/ Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:43:01 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5836 Denim Day?!  How stupid is that!  Not at all when we look at how it started and what wearing denim today means. 18 years ago

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]]> Why Bother Forgiving? https://smthingscount.com/2017/03/30/why-bother-forgiving/ Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:23:27 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5767 Today’s Thursday Thought puts a practical slant on the act of forgiving. “Forgiveness doesn’t excuse their actions.  Forgiveness stops their actions  from destroying your heart.”  —

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]]> Thursday Thought on Friday https://smthingscount.com/2015/02/06/thursday-thought-on-friday/ Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:11:31 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3491 OK.  I’m human.  I get mixed up on my days.  Yesterday I thought was Wednesday, therefore, no Thursday Thought.  Please allow me to get back

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]]> So Much for Excuses… https://smthingscount.com/2014/10/02/so-much-for-excuses/ Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:41:18 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3146 Edmund Burke took away a favorite excuse people use not to get involved when he wrote today’s Thursday Thought quote: “Nobody made a greater mistake

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]]> Jury Duty–Duck it? https://smthingscount.com/2014/09/09/jury-duty-duck-it/ Tue, 09 Sep 2014 18:28:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=3079 People keep telling me I’m crazy because I’m sticking by my phone this week, on-call for jury duty.  They joke about the excuses they’ve gotten away

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