It's the won't

There's an old saying that goes, "Can't never could do anything." In other words, saying you can't doesn't mean you can't. More often than not, saying you can't just proves that you're not willing to try. I've thought about this lately.

What if you had never tried to tie your shoes? It would look pretty funny for a grown adult having to ask another grown adult to tie their shoe. What if you had never tried to learn to drive. Once again, you would be an adult being shuttled around by someone else, not because you couldn't afford a car but because you weren't willing to learn to drive one.

Those thoughts have led me to a thought - "It's not so much the "can't" that holds us back, it's the "won't".

How much more could we do if we would only try? I ask that question of no one but myself. I often wonder how much more I could do if I would only try to do it. Why can't I do something? Am I physically unable? Sometimes. I can't lift 1,000 pounds; I am physically unable to do it. Can I do some exercise, though, and keep myself in better shape than I'm in? Yes. Yet, I have found excuses as to why I "can't" exercise, the main one being that it hurts really bad. And, it does. However, if I do a little at a time and get stronger each day, I will eventually find that it's not the "can't", it's the "won't". Don't let "won't" stop you from getting what you "want".

Be Blessed,
Mickey T