Focus on what you CAN do, and the can’t will soon disappear.

Recently I suffered a minor sports injury that prevented me from doing many things. OK, most things.

I couldn’t do sit-ups, I couldn’t lift weights, I couldn’t run. I couldn’t exercise in the ways I liked. I was bummed to say the least.

Feeling that I couldn’t do anything, I threw in the towel and decided to do nothing.

And that’s where I went completely wrong.

For a few weeks, I did nothing - except eat more than I should have - and otherwise felt pretty sorry for myself.

Very quickly I realized I was going in reverse far faster than I could have thought. Seems like the older you get, the quicker you go to hell when you fall off the bandwagon.

After a nice leisurely bike ride with the family, I realized I could do SOME things. Like nice easy bike rides. So I started doing those more.

I could walk with my wife. I could hike with the family. I could watch what I eat - so when I could get back to full action, I wasn’t digging myself out of an enormous hole.

So I focused on what I could do - and I did them.

Soon enough, what I couldn’t do took a back seat.

And that’s when I got back to being me.

I know this is a common lesson - but it seems like was we easily forget.

Now that it’s on my mind more and more, I’m paying more attention to it in other areas of my life.

I can be quite empowering.

Focus on the can!