The beauty of “If I could” is that you find out what is at the top of your heart. If you sit down for five minutes and write down what you would do “if you could,” you find out what your priorities are instinctively – the real priorities to you, not the ones based on society or family or whatever else your mind throws in when you have too much time to think about it.
This happened for me on Friday during my writing exercise. Things that have rolled over in my head time and again came out in swift succession, a spilling of what I really want my life to be.
Of course some of it is improbable – like I can’t quit my job right now and staying at home forever is highly unlikely. But much of it, most of it, is so incredibly possible, and some is already reality.
Instead of “if I could,” I say I can and will. I can keep house. I can make dinner for my husband. I will spend quality time with my baby-to-be, absolutely teaching that love and God are powerful. I will write and make cards and create. My house will be clean and my family will be loved with a special love I have just for them.
Do not say “If I could, I would.” Because if it’s there your heart, and you wish you could, you can.
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