One of my favorite wits, Oscar Wilde, once said, "I like talking to brick walls; they're the only ones who don't argue with me!"
I feel that way a lot of the time. No matter what goal I set for myself, there are always naysayers who want to tell me that I "can't" possibly accomplish it.
You know, I have always detested the word, "can't". It's one of those words that I hate to hear someone utter. Of my two granddaughters, one always see the glass half empty while the other always visualizes it as half full. Both her mother and I are "half-full" personalities. I cannot count the times that we have said to the negative one, "'Can't' never did anything" to encourage her to try to accomplish something a bit more difficult than her comfort zone.
If we always stay within our "comfort zone", we may be missing the best that life has to offer. Sometimes we have to "go where no man has gone before" if we want that which others tell us we cannot possibly achieve.
I admit to being uncomfortable stepping into the unknown just as anyone is; but there comes a time in all our lives when we must choose between taking a chance or continuing with the status quo.
I choose to take the chance, for as Robert Browning said, "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a Heaven for?"
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Wonderful blog Joan! I can sure relate to this right now!
Great post! I was always raised to think "can't" really meant "won't." Now that I frequently struggle with the realistic limits of disability, I find I just have to use more creative approaches to do the things I need to do when the old ways of doing things don't work anymore. Long live creativity!
Good post Joan. Yes you are so right about Can't, unfortunatly I use word too much also.
I like this post, Joan, I really do! To be positive and then to reenforce it is something we all need to read, hear, believe, and practice.
Amen to that, Marty! Where, there's a will, there's usually a way.
Thanks for the nice words about the post.
To Tracy: But, you are changing all that with your new life approach. I am proud of you, and I am going to be there encouraging you all the way!!
Donna--Thank you for the kind words about the post. It's a message we all can learn from, I believe.
