\u201cNever be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic\u201d \u00a0I love that quote! It totally reminds me that we should never sell ourselves short in life. We should never assume we are not capable of achieving GREATNESS because WE ARE! Every one of us is capable of achieving so much more than we ever give ourselves credit for. If you look at the accomplishments throughout history you will find that all of them were done by ordinary people who pushed themselves beyond their limits in order to accomplish extraordinary things!<\/p>\n
I love reading about average, everyday people who go on to accomplish amazing things.\u00a0 It always gives me a boost to remember that I can accomplish anything that I set my heart and mind to do.\u00a0 Sometimes it is so easy to think \u201cI could never do that\u201d or \u201cthat person is so much better, or smarter, or more capable than me\u201d, but the reality is that none of that is true.\u00a0 I truly don\u2019t believe it is ever about better, smarter, or more capable.\u00a0 I truly believe that it comes down to hard work, sweat, and sometimes a lot of tears, but its dedication and perseverance that separate the average doers from the extraordinary accomplishers. I know that in my own life, the times I have put myself out there and taken on the seemingly impossible tasks that I felt were so far above my capability to achieve, I have always ended up accomplishing more than I ever thought possible…all because I tried…all because I worked my behind off and I didn’t allow myself to quit when things got tough…all because I had faith that if I would simply show up and put in my best effort that God would help me achieve whatever I was supposed to achieve…and He always has. \u00a0We are all far more capable then we give ourselves credit for. We just have to remember that we are not in this alone. We always have help from the heavens when we are willing to try.<\/p>\n
Here is a great poem that highlights that thought:<\/p>\n
Equipment<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Figure it out for yourself, my lad,<\/p>\n You’ve all that the greatest of men have had,<\/p>\n Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes<\/p>\n And a brain to use if you would be wise.<\/p>\n With this equipment they all began,<\/p>\n So start for the top and say, “I can.”<\/p>\n Look them over, the wise and great<\/p>\n They take their food from a common plate,<\/p>\n And similar knives and forks they use,<\/p>\n With similar laces they tie their shoes.<\/p>\n The world considers them brave and smart,<\/p>\n But you’ve all they had when they made their start.<\/p>\n You can triumph and come to skill,<\/p>\n You can be great if you only will.<\/p>\n You’re well equipped for what fight you choose,<\/p>\n You have legs and arms and a brain to use,<\/p>\n And the man who has risen great deeds to do<\/p>\n Began his life with no more than you.<\/p>\n You are the handicap you must face,<\/p>\n You are the one who must choose your place,<\/p>\n You must say where you want to go,<\/p>\n How much you will study the truth to know.<\/p>\n God has equipped you for life, but He<\/p>\n Lets you decide what you want to be.<\/p>\n Courage must come from the soul within,<\/p>\n The man must furnish the will to win.<\/p>\n So figure it out for yourself, my lad.<\/p>\n You were born with all that the great have had,<\/p>\n With your equipment they all began,<\/p>\n Get hold of yourself and say:\u00a0“I can.”<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0By Edgar A. Guest<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Never sell yourself short.\u00a0 And always remember that YOU CAN!<\/p>\n ~Amy<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cNever be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic\u201d \u00a0I love that quote! It totally reminds me that we should never sell ourselves short in life. We should never assume we are not capable of achieving GREATNESS because WE ARE! Every one of us is capable of achieving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1002,1375,4172,1021,4170,4174,780,1838,1686,935,4171,2568,4178,163,2052,4177,4176,433,29,100,4175,1159,64,3125,4169,432,634,1162,4173,4179,2213,4103,834,4168,172,721,2856],"class_list":["post-4620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-accomplish","tag-afraid","tag-amateur","tag-amazing","tag-ark","tag-average","tag-better","tag-boost","tag-brain","tag-brave","tag-built-the-ark","tag-capable","tag-common","tag-courage","tag-credit","tag-ed","tag-equipment","tag-extraordinary","tag-god","tag-greatness","tag-heavens","tag-i-can","tag-life","tag-new","tag-noah","tag-ordinary","tag-people","tag-quit","tag-sell-ourselves-short","tag-sell-yourself-short","tag-smart","tag-smarter","tag-start","tag-titanic","tag-try","tag-wise","tag-you-can"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4620"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4624,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620\/revisions\/4624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}