Who Says You Can’t Do It?

Who Says You Can’t Do It? 

This image strikes a chord with me, especially since I can relate to the artist on so many levels, including our shared family struggles and attempt at suicide. His 2002 hit, Lose Yourself was a personal mantra for many years. “Mom, I love you but this trailer’s got to go. I cannot grow old in Salem’s Lot, so here I go. It’s my shot, feet: fail me not. This may be the only opportunity that I got.”

Listening to this song makes me want to get up and go do something freaking awesome. Still, even all these years later and after listening to it a thousand times, sometimes over and over. Who says you can’t do it?

Like Eminem and countless others we have been told we can’t. You aren’t good enough. You aren’t smart enough. You don’t come from the right background. You aren’t tall enough. You are a woman. You are a man. You are too young. You are too fat. You aren’t the right color. The list goes on and on…

“You’ll never amount to anything, but a loser just like your father.” I heard this statement many times as a young girl. My mother. It took me twenty-five years to understanding or accept that at the time, she thought she was doing the right thing by saying this to me. Perhaps not; perhaps she was just an asshole. Either way, it inspired me to prove her wrong. And when the opportunity came, I moved away from the trailer park. “This is my shot: feet fail me not.”

Who says you can’t do it? Whether it is your mom, your dad, or your partner, your boss or a teacher, I challenge you to do it anyway. Life will give you exactly what you ask for, if you are willing to take the chance on yourself. The only person you need to believe, is you. “Success is my only mutherf*ckin’ option – failures not.”

Peace and Love,

Sarah Michelle 

Success Coach . Trainer . Author . Speaker

Author of Tales of Fried Bologna: A Journey to Forgiveness

www.SarahMichelleBliss.com