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Can or Can’t Both Belong to You
Your belief in whether you can or can’t do a thing will dictate the outcome.
You are capable of just about anything you can think of.
I know that seems improbable. But it’s still the truth.
Henry Ford famously said,
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.”
The truth of that statement tends to get lost on people.
If you think you can’t do something — you’re right.
If you think you can do something — you’re right.
That may seem uber-simplistic. But it IS that simple.
Human beings have a madness for over-complicating things. This is evident both with the big-picture and on a personal level.
Simple: Wear a mask to lessen the output of germs when you breathe to lessen the spread of COVID-19 (among other things).
Complicated: Mask-wearing is a form of tyranny. I read somewhere online how masks make you breathe in too much CO2. I read somewhere that masks are pointless and don’t do much of anything for anyone.
These two statements coexist right now. The simple statement is one of fact. The…
