Give Yourself Reasons Why You Can

Negative thoughts and negative talks affect our brain and our ability to perform even simple tasks.

Giving in to the reasons why you can’t is a form of a self-imposed stress. Instead of giving yourself reasons why you can’t, give yourself reasons why you can.

For most of us it is very easy to spend our energy in comparing ourselves to others and common standards.

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For a change, acknowledge your uniqueness and abilities. Nurture what is best in you. Go and fulfill your dream.

Here is a popular short story of Monty Roberts. You may have already read or heard about this story, still it is good to read it again as it can teach or remind us of valuable life lessons.

Monty Roberts is the son of an itinerant horse trainer. His father would travel from one farm to another farm, from one ranch to another ranch. This constant travelling interferes with Monty’s studies.

One day, his schoolteacher asked everyone in the class to submit a paper describing their goal and dreams in life. That night, Monty stayed up late working on what he wants to accomplish in life. What he came up with was a seven-page paper describing in detail what he wants to be in life, a rancher with a large tract of land for horses. He even came up with diagrams of the ranch and how the structures within it would look like.

He submitted his paper to his teacher the following day. After two days, his teacher returned his paper with an "F" grade.

He asked his teacher why he failed in his paper. His teacher answered to him, ”Because your dream is not realistic. How can you be what you have put in your paper when you are just a son of an itinerant horse trainer?”

His teacher continued, “Get your paper and submit to me one that is realistic.”

Monty thought about it for a week. Then he returned his paper without changing anything.  He told his teacher, “Keep your “F” and I will keep my dream.”

Monty fulfilled his dream to own a 200-acre horse ranch. He framed his paper and hanged it over the fireplace in his 4,000 square-foot house.

The moral of the story is Monty did not let himself be deterred by the negative thoughts limiting his options to succeed. Instead, he filled his mind of what he must do and can do to fulfill his dream.