Can't

Something that occurred to me yesterday on the road. I was on the road for the better part of the afternoon and evening. So I had a lot of time to think (and talk...Hi babe!), and I realized that I heard that word earlier in the day after a coffee appointment. That's not what was said, mind you. What was said was, "I'm just not good at inviting people to stuff."

That's what was said. 

But I heard the word "can't."

Later on, on the road, I realized something. It's not all that bad to think you can't. Not bad at all, actually. Here's the bad part: 

To think you're alone. 

When you think you're alone, you don't want people to know you "can't." When you think you're alone you, you think you'll always "can't." When you think you're alone you think no one is interested in helping you out of your "can't."

One thing that I've carried with me almost my whole life is a big, scary CAN'T.

But the few things I've done with it during that time is: I let folks know; I believed that it could change; and I listened to "can" giants to the point where, well, it's really not very big and scary anymore. 

So don't be afraid if you think you can't. After 15 years I'm still eliminating that word from my vocabulary.