Can’t – the contraction for the compound word cannot. Seems innocuous enough but it can be one of the most powerful four letter words in your vocabulary.
I can’t
You can’t
We can’t
He can’t
She can’t
There is great power in those words – powerful good, bad, weakness and strength. It all depends upon how you let the emotions attached to the words affect you. Think about how easily that word changes the course of your daily life.
You can’t do that. You might get hurt.
I can’t do that. I might fail. People would laugh.
Letting can’t rule your daily decisions means that you close yourself down to multiple opportunities – for success, for love, for joy. Of course, sometimes removing the can’t will also bring failure, heartache, sadness. But if we don’t have those emotions every once in a while, how will we ever know when we have found the joy, the passion, the love and the success?
I have let a lot of big things pass me by because I said “I can’t.”
It’s time to say why not?
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Deanna Duncan-Allen is an artist working several media including glass, metals and recycled materials to create jewelry and functional items as well as a freelance writer / photographer.
Throughout her career, Deanna has been published as a writer and photographer in a variety of magazines and newspapers throughout the Rocky Mountain region including the Arvada Sentinel, Focus on Denver, Cherry Creek Locale, Fort Lupton Press, Broomfield Enterprise, Rocky Mountain Sports and Fitness, Drinking Water and Backflow Prevention, Women's Edition and most recently, The Polymer Arts magazine. She has worked in public relations and marketing specializing in assisting small businesses tell their stories through traditional and digital media. She is the former editor and publisher of Cherry Creek Focus newspaper.
Extremely active in the Colorado soccer community, Deanna works for the Colorado Soccer Association as the Colorado Soccer Referee Program registrar and online learning coordinator. She is a USSF certified assignor, state instructor, assessor and referee, and continues to help develop and deliver educational program materials to new and recertifying referees throughout Colorado.
Certifications and Education: BA Journalism, Metropolitan State College of Denver; PMCC Level I and Level II Certification; USSF Youth Module Coaching Certification; USSF “E” License; NSCAA Regional Diploma; USSF Grade 05 (State) Instructor, USSF Grade 07 Assessor; USSF Grade 08 Assignor; USSF Grade 07 Referee
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