“You Can’t”
Oh yea?…we’ll see about that…
Cheryl and I hang out together on Saturdays. It’s our favorite time of the week. We do whatever we want to do…together. Many times that involves eating. Our boys say when they are old and boring, they want to be like us…often driving miles just to eat somewhere new or unique.
On a recent Saturday we found a new breakfast place. It was good…not as good as we hoped for…but not bad. We had plans that evening to drive an hour away to an Italian restaurant we had heard about, but never been. In the middle of the day, I told her I was going to eat something…I don’t remember what. She said, “You can’t eat that now. You won’t eat any supper.”
Oh yea?…we’ll see about that…
I didn’t want something to eat as much as I wanted to show her I could eat whatever it was and still eat a full supper.
That’s a simple illustration, but it’s repeated throughout my life. Tell me I can’t and I want to prove that I can.
What is it about me?
Am I alone in this desire to prove those two words wrong?
(BTW, You can’t comment on this post and tell me you’re like me…or that I’m weird. YOU CAN’T!)
It reminds me of the words of William Arthur Ward "Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records."
Wow. Great quote
"I can’t comment on this post and tell you that I'm like you? Oh yea…? we'll see about that! " 😀
See.. I can comment on this post, and tell you that "I'M EXACTLY LIKE YOU!"
Those two words always motivates me to do even greater things!
By the way, thank you for your everyday post! I'm an everyday reader, and feel really blessed.
You are weird – but aren't we all in our own way? This "proof" thing is another common element to varying degrees in most of us, hmm? A way to show independence. Is it always healthy?
These two words they also make things possible, nobody is imagining of.