You Can!

As I sat down to write the prefect, clever, zany, witty blog post my mind went completely blank. I struggled with what to write for days. I usually have tons of ideas and just not enough time to write.

Frustrated and angry with my extreme writers block, my inner critic started chiming in. You know the really bad one that questions your abilities as a writer. Can I really do this? Maybe I shouldn't be a writer! No one will want to read my silly stuff. Arrrgh!

In my utter despair, I remembered a poem by C. W. Longenecker:

You Can If You Think You Can!

If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you like to win, but you think you can't,
It is almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow's will.
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are,
You've got to think high to rise,
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man.
But soon or late the man who wins,
Is the man who thinks he can.

Sometimes WE are our own biggest obstacles. Change your attitude and change the world! We can do it! We can make lemonade! Someone told me in college that attitude determines altitude! We can do it, we just to need to think we can!

Happy writing!

Erika