Mantra Monday: “I can’t” is YOUR invention

I CAN’T is your invention,

or a remnant, perhaps, of your acceptance of outer conditioning

you learned and adopted as a splintered frame of perception.

Perchance you stubbornly cling to some outdated impressions

because the work required to press through them

requires something of you that you are either

too lazy

too scared

or too overwhelmed to start doing.

However, it is simple.  Really, it can be.

Work can be one breath.

Work can be one step.

Work can be one thought that tips into one word

that tips into a conversation that tips into a movement.

It need not be fancy.

In fact, it most always is better when it is simple and real, raw and humble.

One breath. One step. One Thought. One word.

All growth is work.

All brilliance is work.

All change is work.

And we are ever-changing creatures, ever-working our natures into something anew.

Anything worth doing and worth being requires work.

Being alive takes work. Doing this living thing well takes work.

It starts with entrusting yourself to again and again

re-calibrate, refine, and redesign your frame of reference

and to proudly present the masterpiece of YOU CAN.

 Can you reshape I can’t into I CAN?