You have asked yourself what you can do many times.
Hundreds. Thousands. Millions of times.
And you’ve been quick to respond to what you can do?
You’re too old. Unattractive. Broken. You have a large appetite and are genetically cursed with big bones. You have made far too many unforgivable mistakes. They will never forgive you. They will never forget.
This is too silly. Too expensive. Takes too long. Too complicated. Too Hard. Too much. Too late. Not enough.
You have most certainly told yourself throughout your life where to go and what you can’t do.
What you can’t.
Can’t.
But what can you?
Nothing.
I can’t.
Saying you can’t is only going to spread the dirt of dejection and misery .
There is a reason why you find yourself here and have asked yourself what you can do. Something in your life has brought you to this moment. You are either unhappy or unsatisfied. You are definitely in the wrong place, or haven’t travelled through enough, to get to where you want to be.
But it doesn’t matter how you got here. We all get here. What matters is what you going to go next?
So let’s rephrase the question.
What can you do?
Can.
Meaning, what power do you have to act. What tenacity will you employ to be and do. The ability is right here, always here, waiting to be unharnessed and mastered.
You can do many things if genuinely care.
For starters, you can quit a lot of things that have you stuck, knee deep, in the mud. Habits and people. Routines and expectations, that lead you back to the same place, with the same existential frustrations.
You should definitely quit complaining, gossiping, making fun of yourself, not being able to handle a genuine compliment, and being overdramatic. You should most certainly quit lying to yourself, that you are not good enough. That the deck is stacked against you.
Because you can.
You can do lots of things.
You can take charge of your life and accept that everything you do has purpose. No, you don’t control the universe. You don’t control people or events, but you do control the way you frame your thoughts around everything. You an undeniable freedom in the way you accept or reject the things you cannot change.
When you contemplate your life, do you relive all you pain and suffering? Do you get crippled by your many failures and wasted opportunities? Or do you embrace the present moment, forgive yourself, and see the future possibilities?
It’s not what you have, but what you give, that matters.
It’s not what you’ve been through, but how you apply it.
Not what you’re born with, but who you gather by your side.
What can you do?
Everything.
Everything, provided you focus on the possibilities.
Believing you are ugly, unredeemable, unteachable, unlovable, and unimportant, is a seductive lie. Stop digging yourself an early grave. Accept that it’s not over.
Don’t look at where you are or where you have been, and gaze instead at what you can do. No matter how small. How insignificant. No matter how improbable.
Do it.
And ask yourself one more question.
What can I do next?
