My first Half Ironman, I had a friend tell me I couldn't finish it. He apologized later, and sent me flowers. I went on to finish multiple Ironmans and many other HIMs (Half Ironmans). I thought I'd always resent his comments, but they, in fact, have been the catalyst to push myself harder in life -- just to prove him wrong. Let the doubters doubt, while you are working toward your dream, whatever it is.
Doubters, discouragers, haters...blah!
ReplyDeletei don't get folks telling me i can't do it but i get a lot of the why you bother doing things, almost like they are making fun of me and can't talk to me about anything else....
ReplyDeleteI know the power of the tongue, and I will lie to you first, before i tell you I think you can't do something! Hell I don't know what the next person is capable of accomplishing. I'm still surprising my dam self!
ReplyDeletenever let anyone hold you back. as the great William Ernest Henley once said, "I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul."
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