No one can stop you from transcending the limits: Because YOU CAN. Nelson Mandela was the first South African president, he fought against poverty and inequality, and he was their savior. Mahatma Gandhi led India to independence, inspiring them to fight for their rights and freedom. Ludwig Van Beethoven didn’t let the fact that he was deaf stop him from making music and he is now a legend. Helen Keller was the first blind and deaf person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Newton, Einstein, Bill Gates and many more go down in history for the things and changes they have brought into this world. It’s what keeps their memory alive.

All of these people made a difference in the world. You can too. The thing most of us do is set goals and plans for the future but we don’t really accomplish them. We keep talking about the changes we want to make yet never set out to make them. We postpone our dreams and wishes for ‘later’. Why? Because we let our laziness and insecurity get the best of us. Even though Mandela was jailed for 27 years he still had the strength to bring the change he believed in because HE BELIEVED he could achieve it. What was thought to be impossible suddenly was done because of faith, because of strength, but most of all: because he could.

What seems impossible to us is somehow marked as a ‘no entry’ zone; we start running in the opposite direction because the words “you can’t” are set in stone somewhere in our thoughts. Do we challenge them? No, why bother when it can’t be done? How do we know that it can’t be done when we never tried to do it? We don’t. It’s just the easy way out. The fear of failure outshines our motivation. No one ever succeeded by doing nothing and expecting everything to work out. In order for us to reach success we’d have to go through a couple of failures. Thomas Edison said, “I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that wont work.”

If we want to succeed, we have to want it badly to the extent that we will do whatever is necessary to achieve it. No words will shake our belief in our ability to accomplish whatever it is we set our minds to. Why? BECAUSE WE CAN!