August 2016 – Daily Mantras – 07

Here’s today’s mantra:

This has been my personal mantra since 1995. Since when my then teacher told me I couldn’t go to Carnegie Mellon. That I wouldn’t get in. And I told myself that she was wrong. Yes I can. I can do anything I put my mind to.

And I did. Of course.

Not only did I get to go to CMU but I’ve done thousands of things since then because of this little mantra. Especially when people tell me I can’t do something, I find myself feeling a strong desire to show them otherwise. No one gets to tell me what I can’t do. No one. Not even the little jerky voice inside me.

So I listen to the voice of the strong girl inside me. The one who knows that I always can.

Daily Mantras is a Monthly Project for June 2016. You can read more about my projects for 2016 here.