I Won’t Do It

I found this great little cartoon on JoyReactor.com

I love the steps and how, even with slight changes, the progression is always towards “Yes! I did it!”

It’s interesting how “I won’t do it” is at the very bottom.  Won’t shows a determined choice, where Can’t places the control outside of ourselves.  It’s funny how we think we can’t do something when in reality there is very little we can’t do.

I can’t be a tall, leggy blonde. The truth is, I can be a blonde, I’ll just never be tall and leggy.

I can’t stop the sun from shining.  I can’t stop the sands of time from accumulating in the bottom of my middle-age hour glass.  I can’t change my family of origin.

But I can change my attitude.  I can change my reluctance to face the future alone.  I can change my lack of knowing a second language.

It’s time for me to examine all of my can’ts and figure out which are really won’ts of my own doing.

I can do that.