"Knock The 'T' Off The Word Can't!"...
Mar 20, 2016 09:47:08 #
Don G. Dinsdale
Loc: El Cajon, CA (San Diego County)
Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for all; ..... the surest repose, the softest cushion to fall on, during adversity. ----- Robert Burton
It is just as easy to think, "I can" as it is to think, "I can't." Both attitudes are habitual orientations to life that can become automatic with practice. Neither attitude has much to do with the task at hand. However, it has a lot to do with the inner spirit of the person facing the task. In either case, the task is the same; ....... but the attitudes are totally different.
But what a difference! The "I can" people are the ones we want to spend time with and to use as models. These are the people who seldom quit or loose, & when they do, have worked to regain the positive outlook we are all born with. It never occurs to a baby, for example, that all that staggering and falling means he or she will never learn to walk. Babies grow, move forward, and succeed. They haven't learned to hang back, ...... or to fear defeat.
Knee-jerk negativity is something we can all live without. Let's backtrack to that time in our lives when all things were possible : because they still are !!
Today, I will focus on my successes. I will " Knock the ' T ' " off the word can't.** I will let " I can " be my new credo !!
** NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
It is just as easy to think, "I can" as it is to think, "I can't." Both attitudes are habitual orientations to life that can become automatic with practice. Neither attitude has much to do with the task at hand. However, it has a lot to do with the inner spirit of the person facing the task. In either case, the task is the same; ....... but the attitudes are totally different.
But what a difference! The "I can" people are the ones we want to spend time with and to use as models. These are the people who seldom quit or loose, & when they do, have worked to regain the positive outlook we are all born with. It never occurs to a baby, for example, that all that staggering and falling means he or she will never learn to walk. Babies grow, move forward, and succeed. They haven't learned to hang back, ...... or to fear defeat.
Knee-jerk negativity is something we can all live without. Let's backtrack to that time in our lives when all things were possible : because they still are !!
Today, I will focus on my successes. I will " Knock the ' T ' " off the word can't.** I will let " I can " be my new credo !!
** NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
Mar 20, 2016 09:53:43 #
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for a... (show quote)
:thumbup: :thumbup:
When I was in the Seabees, our credo was "Can Do!". It remains my credo today.
Mar 22, 2016 08:04:52 #
Don G. Dinsdale wrote:
Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for a... (show quote)
We CAN do anything we put our minds to...The only limitations we have are those we impose on our-self..Why do it??
Great message Don..As are all..... :thumbup: :thumbup:
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