Painting by Belynda Wilson Thomas

Don’t limit yourself to someone else’s opinion of your capabilities. Be you. Dream, plan, execute. Dr. Steve Maraboli

I couldn’t get into my WordPress account the other day. I was going to write about invisible fences and it seems I’ve come up against one myself. Somehow life makes us feel who are we to think we can do that? We’ve pigeon-holed ourselves into believing limitations about ourselves we often don’t have. It might not be easy to accomplish what we want to accomplish, that doesn’t mean it isn’t possible.

We never give a child crayons, paint, and paper and they tell us they can’t create a picture. If we give that to adults they often will not attempt to make anything. We become afraid of looking like a beginner and if we ever want to start something new, we have to be a beginner.

We have to be willing to develop skills, look awkward, and unsure of ourselves in the beginning. If we only ever do what we are already good at we will live a very small life. If we aren’t willing to grow and develop we won’t know what we are missing, what areas of our life might bring us joy, how we could improve our relationships, how much better we could feel through exercise, how eating better might improve everything. What dimension might learning something new bring into our lives?

If we knew we couldn’t fail what would we do? What adventures did we want to go on we haven’t gone on yet? One of the adventures I wanted to go on was a trip to Europe. I wanted to back-pack through Europe as some people were doing, but I didn’t go. I didn’t have anyone to go with, at least that is one excuse I used. Then when I met my husband at twenty-one I put aside things I wanted to do and started thinking about the life we wanted to build.

That wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. When we get into relationships we do go from me to we, and if we didn’t it would not be a relationship that worked. That trip to Europe is still something I want to do and if I’m going to make it happen I have to plan for it.

Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. Mary Kay Ash

We will be the same person we are today except for the books we read, the thoughts we think, and the things we do. If we want to see a change in any part of our life we have to make it happen.

I hurt my knee shoveling snow three weeks ago. It’s getting better but slowly. I’m thinking of doing something drastic like giving up all dairy.  I read an article and a woman stated her rheumatoid arthritis pain disappeared after going on The Starch Solution by Dr. McDougall, but if she eats dairy within 2-6 hours she starts feeling pain. A few years ago I went plant-based but I have loosened up my eating, probably too much. I hope a few days of being strict will have me moving around like my regular self. Nothing can take the place of good health and the feeling of ease in our bodies.

My husband bought me a cheese croissant and I had to leave it for someone else or give up my experiment of no dairy. Today is the morning of the third day of strict no dairy and my leg feels better, not back to normal yet, but it was three weeks on Monday that I hurt it so I was beginning to get worried it wasn’t getting better. I need to be able to wear heels to my son’s wedding in May.

We don’t know what we can do until we do it. If we try we can surprise ourselves. The writing challenge group met on zoom. The challenge is to publish a book by October 25, 2022. When we set a goal we give ourselves a job to complete it. I am hoping a small group of like-minded people will give us all a push as we make our goals a reality. Is there a group you could join that would help you move toward your goals and dreams? There are groups for everything, writers groups, quilting groups, art groups, choirs, real estate investing groups, financial planning groups, parenting groups, sports groups. If you can’t find your group maybe you need to create it.

Stop limiting yourself. Change your mindset from: I can’t. To: How can I? Unknown

When you mark where your self-doubt is, then you can begin to conquer it. Stephen Richards

What you believe your future holds for you impacts your attitude, decisions, and success. Maddy Malhotra

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