Self Discovery 101: FOR THE LOVE OF CAN'T

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For The Love of CAN'T

Whether you think you can -- or you think you can't -- you're right.” - Henry Ford

Do you enjoy CAN'T? The security of it? The relief CAN'T brings? The plausible excuse it offers?

CAN'T is so darn useful. It gets us out of so much, doesn't it? Yet how can just a little word accomplish all this? Simple. Just say or think you CAN'T do something, and guess what? You CAN'T! Voila! It's that easy.

But wait! There's more!

CAN'T is especially effective if you both say and think it. And want to get a real boost from this powerful word? Repeat it often. Nothing works quite as well, except maybe this word:

  ----> CAN <----

Like its negative counterpart, CAN is incredibly effective and very powerful in programming yourself to do just about anything. Why, just try saying CAN a few times out loud and see if you don't begin to believe it yourself! Just a snare and a delusion you say pessimistically?

Not if you believe it. And you CAN.

You see, something interesting happens to us humans when we have decided on something. Most of what we experience reinforces, rather than challenges, our beliefs and ideas. It's not that the challenges aren't out there, it just that we don't see them. Scary, huh? But also very good! This means you CAN change your mind, you CAN change your attitude, and you CAN change your reality and your life anytime you'd like, and then magically most of what you then experience will reinforce this new CAN DO idea.

Neat, huh?

Try it. Try it now. Just for this one day. If it doesn't work, you can always retreat to the comfort and safety of CAN'T. But if it does work -- and it does -- you've just changed your whole life with one little word. And you wouldn't have had to go to the gym or even eat your spinach to do it. It's a relatively easy change with literally astounding results.

So get out there and do it. Start right now. Why? Because you CAN.

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About The Author CJ Kenna is a Founding Director at the nonprofit Rock The Path, a Meditation & Retreat Center in Camden, Maine. She co-facilitates programs and retreats for self-discovery, including the popular Excursion Retreat.