Vortex of Awesome

We all have our skills. We go to jobs that we master. We have hobbies or other interests that we either master or at least enjoy doing. We get comfortable with those activities and those things go on our list of things we CAN do. They are routine, right? What if I were to ask you if you can juggle? If you’ve never juggled your response is what? Well, can you juggle? Most of us just you responded with, ” No” or, ” No, I can’t.”

Why do we say that? Because we really think that we can’t. What if I tell you that you CAN juggle. How can I say that? I don’t know you? I don’t know your physical abilities or capabilities, right? You are absolutely correct. I don’t know you, however I do know you have never really tried if your answer is, “I can’t.”

Most of us at one point in our life have given it a shot. We grabbed a few balls as kids and threw them up in the air a few times, and every time they flew every which way and fell to the floor. After a few attempts we set them down and said, “I can’t do this!” That’s when we made a critical error.  Every single one of us most certainly CAN juggle.

The only difference between us non-jugglers and the juggler is we have never really tried. We stopped because it was to hard and we failed a couple times. If we were to keep trying and put in the time and effort we all could be clown juggling in a circus right now. Of course we’d have no one to juggle for because we’d all be doing it.

Now take a moment and think about or, better yet, write down one thing that you’ve always wanted to do but think that you can’t. Here’s mine.

I can’t write anything worthwhile. 

Next change the “cant” to “haven’t tried.”

I haven’t tried to write anything worthwhile. 

Doesn’t that look better? Doesn’t that feel better? Now the door has been opened for us to go out and do the things we’ve always wanted to do but that despicable “can’t ” got in the way.