I could never....

If I could ban a three word phrase from the English language, it would be, "I could never..."  We limit ourselves so much with those three words:

I could never run...
I could never run a (insert a distance here)....
I could never do a triathlon....
I could never ride my bike (insert distance here)...

Instead we sit on the couch and proclaim what we can't do, lament our current state of being and long for something we wish we could be.

I am one of those folks.  At the beginning of the summer I kept telling myself, "I could never...." In my case, it was I could never get up early, go to a boot camp training and find a way to reach my goals.  But here it is, the end of August and I am able to do a half tour of Harvard Stadium in spite of the feelings of vertigo.  I can handle a 16% grade hill and I can do push ups/sit ups to correspond a deck of cards.  All things that I "could never do" last June.

But I want this to be positive, so I would change those three words to, "Someday I will...."

Someday I will run....
Someday I will run (insert a distance here)...
Someday I will do a triathlon....
Someday I will ride my bike (insert a distance here)....

I am now off the couch and moving.  In spite of an injury earlier in the week - and as a side note here, if your dog digs a hole in a public, please fill it back in - I am still getting up and cheering on those who struggle to get to the workouts the way I do.  (Never underestimate someone reminding you, "You got this," to help push you through when your mind wants to quit.)

If you walk away and just once say, "Someday I will," instead of "I could never," then you've taken a step forward and that's a good thing. :)