Can't never could and Won't never will.
Eliminate can't from your vocabulary and those around you.
I believe this poem best describes why.
"Can't is the worst word that's written or spoken;
Doing more harm than slander and lies;
On it is many a strong spirit broken,
And with it many a good purpose dies.
It springs from the lips of thoughtless each morning
And robs us of courage we need through the day.
It rings in our ears like timely-sent warning
And laughs when we falter and fall by the way.
Can't is the father of the feeble endeavor,
The parent of terror and halfhearted work;
It weakens the efforts of artisans clever,
And makes of the toiler an indolent shirk.
It poisons the soul, the person with a vision;
It stifles in infancy many a plan;
It greets honest toiling with open derision
And mocks at the hopes and the dreams of anyone.
Can't is a word none should speak without blushing;
To utter it should be a symbol of shame;
Ambition and courage it daily is crushing;
It blights a person's purpose and shortens their aim,
Despise it with all of your hatred of error;
Refuse it the lodgment it seeks in your mind;
Arm against it as a creature of terror,
And all that you dream of you some day shall gain.
Can't is the word that is foe to ambition,
An enemy ambushed to shatter your will;
Its prey is forever the person with a mission
And bows but to courage and patience and skill.
Hate it, with hatred that's deep and undying,
For once it is welcomed back it can break you;
Whatever the goal you are seeking, keep trying
And answer to this unwanted thought by affirming, 'I CAN!'"
by Edgar A. Guest
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