My good friend Cody Moore shared his insights with me the other day about human’s innate desire to defend our excuses and help others defend theirs. We do this all the time, or maybe it’s just me. I have done it a lot in my life for the simple fact that it’s an easier/lazier way of living. By easy, I mean less challenging than being responsible. I have allowed others to ‘excuse’ themselves because I haven’t been totally committed to truth. I haven’t wanted to make them responsible and in the process increase my personal responsibility to them. I like to validate excuses because those same people will validate my excuses.When we get past the idleness and wrecklessness of validating excuses life becomes great. Relationships improve, obedience to principles increases, and happiness from personal purpose is acheived. Do we want the absolute truth or just the convenient truth?Are you deceiving yourself in any way?Our best friends are those who hold us accountable.How good of a friend am I to myself? Do I let myself slide without notice or am I committed to responsibility?We can continue to let others suffer in their own ‘hand-crafted’ excuses or we can destroy those wretched creations and help them create the life they love!  The choice is always ours to make. What choice would the hero make? We either commit to knowing and living the truth or we automatically default to live in deception.