“You came to us with a clear message that no one should let skepticism win the day,” said Israeli President Shimon Peres to American President Barack Obama yesterday, March 20, 2013.
How often do we let our own skepticism win the day? How familiar is this old mantra:
I can’t, I can’t, I can’t…
He won’t, she won’t, they won’t…
We have a choice.
Instead of blaming, pleading, challenging, provoking, criticizing and adding sarcasm to our recipe of words, we can change the way we speak. And also the way we think just by substituting hope for negativity and sincerity for skepticism.
We must do the work on our very own selves. We have to start letting go of past bitterness and fears of the future and move forward. It has to begin inside ourselves. We have to change tack and try a different approach.
Forget the other guys right now and move ahead. You pave the way and they’ll catch up. Transformation is an inside job.
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About dianabletter
Diana Bletter is the author of several books including The Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women (with photographs by Lori Grinker), shortlisted for a National Jewish Book Award, a novel, A Remarkable Kindness, (HarperCollins), a memoir, The Mom Who Took of on her Motorcycle, and The Loving Yourself Book for Women: A Practical Guide to Boost Self-Esteem, Heal Your Inner Child, and Celebrate the Woman You Are, an Amazon top-seller in several categories, and The Loving Yourself Workbook for Girls.
She is the First Prize Winner of Moment Magazine's 2019 Fiction Contest. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, tabletmag, Glamour, The Forward, The North American Review and is currently a reporter for The Times of Israel.
Diana and her husband have six children and an unofficially-adopted daughter from Ethiopia. They live in a small village on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Israel.
DIANA BLETTER 
Hi Diana,
It’s also so easy to fall into negative thinking. It takes effort to think positively. You’re a wise woman. 🙂
Transformation is,indeed, an inside job. Thanks for the reminder and an excellent post, Diana.