You Can Do It!

I have been asked, not once but twice in my life, to teach a class on how to dip chocolates.
I don’t dip chocolates. I don’t even eat chocolates! I’m one of those rare birds that don’t particularly like chocolate.

But I said yes.

That's because I had a Dad that said, "Can't means won't." If we say we can't, it's only because we aren't willing to make the effort to try.

There aren’t many things in life we really can’t do, but there are things we just haven’t learned how to do yet. So I've learned, especially in the Church, that unless there is a really good reason, don't say no to anything. The Church and life give you many opportunities to stretch and grow and make more of you than you would make of yourself.

I heard of an article once called "It's Okay to be Mediocre." We don't have to be the best at something; we don't even have to be really good at it. But if we want to do it, and enjoy doing it, then it's okay if we aren't The World's Best.

I'm glad about that because I like to play the piano. I'm not good at it, but I like it. And I can enjoy it without feeling guilty that I'm not better. I wish I was, but I'm not going to stop playing because I'm not a concert pianist.

And when they ask me to play in church, and I want to say "I'm not very good and I really can't," I think of my Dad and say, "I will try, and do my best." That I can do.