i could never…

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“Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will.”

Suzy Kassem

In today’s prompt from Five Minutes in the Morning, we’re invited to look at the things we think we’ll never do and the reasons why.

Divide a piece of paper into two columns. Set your timer for five minutes. In the first column, make a list of all the things you think you could never do. In the other, write down the reasons why you think that is so.

Return to this regularly and examine your justifications. Are they legitimate or are there fear-based self-limiting excuses?

I struggled with this prompt because it inherently focuses on lack. I understand these are limiting beliefs. I know I can do all the things I wrote, but right now all I want to do is live each day with love and light.

I know some days will be more challenging, but I don’t doubt it will happen.

Anyway, here’s what I wrote:


Publish a book

Live in a downtown area

Travel the world

Find my purpose

Love anyone other than myself

Never be able to invest

Make money doing what I love

Lack of motivation

Lack of money

Lack of means

Lack of interest

Also lack of interest

Also lack of money

Unwillingness to tie a monetary value to creation

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