Just one reason…
“Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to do, when all they need is one reason why they can.” Willie R. Whitney Good morning! You likely know the people to whom Willie is referring. No matter what it is that they desire, they can create a list of reasons that is longer than Santa’s wish list as to why their goal is out of reach. You might even have some of those tendencies yourself. Most people do.
At some point, we all embrace the “I can” attitude. As babies learning to walk, we don’t sit down after that first fall, plop our thumb in our mouth, and count the reasons we will never be able to walk like the “big people” all around us. But, somewhere between those young years and adulthood, many of us do just that. We plop doubt in our minds and count the reasons why we will never be able to have the dreams that we truly desire.
How is it that we have become addicted to thinking: “I cannot” instead of “I can”? Of course, when we are babies we have a team of cheerleaders. Parents or relatives help us stand again, they hold our wobbly legs, and they shriek for joy as we make those first steps. Video cameras roll and lights flash in our eyes, as if our parents or support team has become paparazzi!
In our lives as adults ,we often don’t have that support network saying, “Get up and try again;” “Of course you can;” “You can do it!” And, in the absence of those positive voices, doubt creeps in.
I wonder what the world would look like if tomorrow we could all create a list of reasons “we can” versus reasons “we cannot.”
Your Turn:
Your challenge for the day is two-fold. Find someone you believe in and tell them today: “You can do it!” whether by email, phone, in-person or a thoughtful card. Then, choose something you want in your life and create an ongoing list of the reasons that you can reach that goal.
Today’s Affirmation: Each day, I tell myself: “I can!”
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