You Really can C-A-N!

Here's an encouraging thought for you: whatever you think you can do, you CAN do!

Mahatma Gandhi once said, "“Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.”

CAN is such an empowering word because it speaks of ability. Don't you just love that word "ability"? Your "able to do"! From that perspective, we CAN dream and achieve. We CAN keep going when we want to give up. We CAN stay focused when we want to wander. We CAN apologize when we want to remain angry. We CAN get outside of our comfort zone even though no one else has done it before! With CAN the world becomes our playground! I believe that's why President Obama's simple campaign slogan, "Yes, we can!" was so powerful. Every time people chanted those three one-syllable words, emphasis on CAN, they were reinforcing their ableness (I made that word up) to do it -- to turn this country around, to make life better for their children, to recover this country's greatness, to dream and achieve again.

Can only becomes a limitation when we add the word "not". So, I challenge you to start thinking and speaking on purpose about what you CAN do. Think of this way: every time you hear that thought of can't and decide to turn it into CAN, you just decided to Counter All Negativity! Yes, you really can C-A-N!

Until next blog,

"Life with no purpose is no life at all!"

Dr. Angela