I Can't Do This Anymore (A Self Fulfilling Prophecy)

Originally, I was going to write about procrastination but that can wait. (Ironic ?) I can't do this anymore is a self-fulfilling prophecy and one that we are all to often, quite happy to prove right. There within lies the key, we make it happen. It is far easier to be successful in the negative than in the positive. It's easier to stop, than keep going, it's even easier never to start in the first place.

I need to digress because, as I was thinking about this my mind went on a 'rampage'.

I want to

keep you entertained and at the same time, impart some valuable piece of prose that's going to make you sit up and take notice. At the same time trying to keep the thread going in regard to the title. Shall I just do that first and then we can have some random ?

Firstly, in true Carly Simon fashion "I bet you think this song is about you" It was more than one post that got me thinking about the subject. It was a culmination, a build up of similarly worded posts. Saying that, one post really tipped the balance, as it was heartfelt, honest and uplifting.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/sarapoyner/blog/the-wa-honey...

Just to get the proverbial ball rolling here's a couple of quotes, I'm not beneath using someone else's words to get my point across. Other people tend to say things better than I think them. The sooner we get a 'thought recorder', the better. Actually "Other people tend to say things better than I think them." isn't that bad. I might use that somewhere.

Henry Ford. Innovator, pioneer, businessman and visionary. Ruthless, single-minded and dedicated are probably also true, not sure though. I have just held onto a few quotes of his that I liked:

"Whether you believe you can or not, you're right."

And

"Coming together is a beginning: keeping together is progress: working together is success."

The first one says everything I could but in one line. Job done. No need for me to waffle on in endless loops just for the sake of it.

The second one, for me, sums up our relationship with each other here at Wealthy Affiliate. Initially we might have come here to take advantage of everything the platform has to offer as far as technology, training and resources go. It wouldn't or shouldn't, however, have taken us long to realise that WA is more than that. It's about all of us being able to help each. We are all trying to get somewhere and along the way we are going to need some help. 'No man is an island' someone said.

Wealthy Affiliate is truly about 'Paying It Forward', without that, it's just another site. I know we can't always be on here as much as we like. I could really go to town on that one but I won't, I will say that the few seconds it may take you to answer another members question may well have saved them hours of misery trying to resolve their issue, getting more and more frustrated. They may even question whether it's all worth it.

So, to sum up. If you are at your wits end and every road you are travelling down seems to be a dead end, you have a choice. Two options. The first is the easy one, down tools and give up. The second is the hard one, persevere and carry on. I will use a quote used earlier in a reply I gave to a post and this is one of mine, go me.

"Imagine where you want to be. Too many never 'start' and if they do, at some point they stop. We all have a different path to our destinations but one thing is the same, if we stop, we will never get there."

I'll save random for later. This post has given me plenty of ideas. Thank you me.

Be well.

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