Quote

Every Sunday night my family would go out for Chinese food with our family friends for as long as I can remember.  One of my favorite parts of Sunday night dinners was at the end of the meal when we would all get our fortune cookies.  We would always play games with our sayings and try to interpret their meanings.  One night, instead of getting a fortune I got a quote.  I was so upset because I couldn't play the games with everyone else; but then I read the quote again and realized that it was probably one of the most motivational things I've ever heard.  The quote was "The majority of the word "can't" is "can.""  The quote is so simple and vague that I refer to it a lot.  Whenever I'm frustrated with something and I'm about to be like "ugh I can't do this" I stop and think of that quote, take a minute or two, and then finish what I was doing.  I still have the paper from the cookie with the quote on it.  It's in the back of my phone as a reminder to me that I can do anything if I just try and don't immediately think I can't.  This quote taught me to not have doubt in myself and that if I put in enough effort I can do anything.