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Have you done all you want to do? Will you ever get it all done? Do we understand the power of the word "Yet"?

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No matter how hard we try, we always have more to do.  I hear it all the time in my classes.  People feel overwhelmed so give up, or believe they can never do, so many things.  I am in Southland this week and I looked at this signpost at Bluff.  Have I been to all these places??  My answer ordinarily would be NO!  Imagine if I changed the answer to "Not Yet."  That way, I can keep all options open, no matter how old or broke or sick or busy I am. I remember as a young mother, I couldn't drive.  People would asked me, "can you drive?".  My answer was always NO.  I got to the point where, even though I had four kids, I was stuck, stuck in the belief I was a non-driver!  The change in my attitude by saying "not yet"  would have helped me immensely.  I was, I thought, happy in the knowledge I was a non-driver.  How ridiculous.  I never even attempted to rectify it, I was always too busy, scared or uninterested to do ...