Go ahead say "can't"

One of the things my father said over and over as we grew up was "there is no such word as Can't." Whatever you thought you couldn't , was simply your own shortcoming. My father wanted us to be positive thinkers. It was a gift, his gift, his way of parenting. Yesterday my sister and I walked through the Botanic Gardens with him for Fathers Day morning. We all love gardening and have a bit of a healthy competition amongst ourselves. So, I give you some roses from the Chicago Botanic Gardens.

I give myself permission to say I can't, now adays. I think it is healthier actually.

I can't grow roses....they get black spots and aphids and worse, they die over hard winters. So I go to the Botanic gardens and enjoy their roses.

I can't reverse a stitch pattern in my head that reads, "at the same time". I can't . It is fine that I can't. There are many things to knit that don't involve a v-neck. Someday, someone will right the pattern out in a way that makes sense to my knit brain, and then maybe I will knit something with a v-neck.

I can't bake a good batch of cookies when I try. So, I know the best little cookie bakeries around. I never turn a homemade cookie down. I can make rice krispie treats that are never long for the pan, however.

I can't do a kitchener without whining, so I knit round toes or do a three kneedle bnd off.

Can'ts are okay. I read a great little article about how it is actually healthier to give up in some situations than try to keep going. I'm going to give up a little more today. I'll let you know how it goes.....


I'll talk to you in the comments. :)