Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I Can’t” is dis-empowering. I lived in “I Can’t” for a very long time. It was not until I began to live in “I Can” that my life began to change. But it took disgust for me! I had to look myself in the mirror and admit that the way I was living was not that way I wanted to live anymore. I was disgusted with myself! I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I have had it, I am mad as hell and I am not gonna take it anymore! What is “IT”? Very simple alcoholism, addiction, being broke, POOR, not keeping a job, relationship ruin, simply not being happy, joyous or free. I was a slave to addiction.
I remember when I began to attend college, I never one time in my life believed that I was smart enough to attend college. College was not an option for me. I remember one day bumping in to Billy Warry the quarterback of my high school football team. We were talking a bit and I mentioned that I was home from college. He looked at me and said, what? You are in college? He could not believe it, he was a carpenter and did not attend college, he was smart and me? Well, not cut out for college. Monday I will be starting a doctoral program. Possible? Probable!
The question is not “Can I”? The question is “Will I”? Will I look myself in the mirror and say I am done living like this? I am mad as hell and I will not accept this any longer! Disgust is a negative emotion, but today it is my friend!
Go, Go, Go…
Dan 🙂