When You Say “Never” You Limit Yourself
Ever hear these words come out of your mouth….
“Oh I’d NEVER go bungee jumping.”
“Oh I’d NEVER juggle flaming knives.”
“Oh I’d NEVER….”
Ok well maybe you haven’t said exactly that. But I bet you have said NEVER about many things that you think you wouldn’t want to do.
What you may not realize though is every time you utter the word NEVER, you are actually limiting yourself. You are saying NO to one possible life experience and that limits your possibilities. Not just about that one thing but about many things relating to that thing.
Sure, in reality you may not be interested in bungee jumping. And so you may think you’d wouldn’t ever do it. That’s fine. Just understand that your NEVER may also keep you from participating in activities that “could” lead to bungee jumping. Or that could be risky in other ways. So that one NEVER not only cuts off that possibility but also many other related possibilities.
Which could leave you with a life experience that excludes many potentially fun and rewarding things.
So never say NEVER. Instead, say that you don’t see yourself doing that right now, but you never know…. it could happen :)
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