Broken HIp or Paradigm Shift?

How often we as people tend to place blame of our misfortune(s) on others. If we aren't hired for a job, we say it's the fault of the employer to have not seen the potential in us; if we are "dumped", we find fault in the other party's inability to see the sheer awesomeness in us. But do we ever stop to think that WE might be what holds us back? A fear of failure, a fear of success, insecurities all forged in the life experiences that shape us; our minds self-sabotaging our every move in the pursuit of happiness. We weigh ourselves down with our own doubts so much so, that we can never truly rise to the level of achievement we seek. We are bound only by the limits in our own minds. And here's an example: I was speaking with a woman the other day who was about to go visit her mother in the hospital. When I asked her what was wrong, she said "She just had a hip replacement. But she's already up and walking. You see, she has dementia, so the doctors think she isn't aware of how bad the pain is." ---This woman's mother should by all accounts be in a very fragile physical state, with months of healing and therapy ahead, but her mind isn't able to tell her what she CAN'T do. Imagine then, if you were able to shift all those things that your mind tells you that you can't do ----how would today be different? How would tomorrow be different? How could the whole course of your life be different? When you were little, did you ever pretend to be something? A princess, a superhero? What did you think you were going to be when you grew up? I, of course, at 8 years old wanted to be a dancer, who was Spanish - so that's a bad example - but nothing told me I couldn't be. Nothing kept me from believing with every beat of my 8 year-old heart that I could be the greatest Spanish lady dancer in the history of the world. ...Again, really bad example, but the point is, as we get older, life starts to creep in. People we come in contact with, things we go through, all start to build up in our "I Can't" bank. Over time, these things completely shift who we are or what we feel we're capable of doing. So, I say, in this moment, rid yourself of all of your "I Can't"s. Ignore the broken hip, and be the greatest Spanish lady dancer in the history of the world.