I Can Do It

We are going to journey together for 2012 to reach our highest and best good. I am going to choose a theme or a mantra for the month for us to think about and explore so we can do whatever it is we truly and honestly believe we can.

The first mantra for the year is, “I Can Do It.”’

Many of us particularly those who are forty and over were raised to believe we are not good enough. We were raised by parents who survived the Great Depression, the Second World War and went through truly hard times and as such never really saw the finer things in life. They were raised with a scarcity mentality and in many cases raised us to believe the same thing. They were doing the best they could so we have no need to hold malice against them. But we do have the opportunity to change our mindset and break the cycle by believing we can and going for it.

I know this is true based on circumstances in my life. Had it not been for the death of my mother where I was suddenly thrust out to the wolves so to speak and I had to do what I had to do to survive and thrive, I probably would have gone through life believing my glass is half empty and thinking that I was only meant to achieve so much.

But once my mother died I learnt from the age of thirteen that the only person I could rely on for my success and well being was myself. I learnt I had to block out the naysayers and repeat to myself I could do whatever I set my mind to do.

At the age of seventeen I went to university with no money but full of hope and the belief that I was going to graduate somehow. My manta was I can do it. I can do it and I did.

Believe me if I can do it so can you. No matter what the obstacles are in our way they are there to test us to see how much we really want whatever it is we are striving for. Obstacles are not there to deter us as so many of us believe. Obstacles are meant to separate the doers from the dreamers.

So to start the Year of right our mantra this year is going to be “I can do it.”

Try repeating I Can Do it whenever we feel our backs are up against the wall or when we feel overwhelmed or if we need that extra boost.  Good luck and here’s to the new us for 2012. Remember we can do it.