Les Brown - It's Possible lyrics

[Speaker: Les Brown] “ You know as we begin to think about goals and dreams. Given my circumstances, born in an abandon building on the floor, being adopted, being labeled educable- mentally retarded, failing twice in school, no college training, never worked for a major corporation. To be believe, that I had something of value. Have you ever thought about something you wanted to do, and then you talk yourself out of it? It's very important to realize that I have found that most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss. Most people fail in life because the did just like I did for so many years, They aim too low and hit and didn't believe in themselves. So I want you right now, to revisit and look at your goals and dreams And lets raise the bar. And I want you to say with me, It's Possible It's Possible It's Possible I can do this, I can make this happen No matter how bad it is or how bad it gets I'm going to make it It's Possible Yes, your dream is possible Say that to yourself everyday Feed your mind with words that you write And words that you hear and words that you speak to yourself Feed you faith and your doubts will starve to d**h Say to yourself It's Possible It's Possible It's Possible, even when you have no evidence to point to Say to yourself It's Possible There's nothing as powerful as a made-up mind It's a struggle sometimes to do that Especially when you have people around you Telling you that it's not possible, that you can't do it And they're constantly pointing out your failures of the past Constantly reminding you of all the things that you don't have going for you I'm reminded of a story of two little boys that were playing on some ice during the winter. And as they got further out on this ice, one fell through the thin ice. And so, the little fellow that was still on top of the ice, he was trying to save his little buddy. And he couldn't reach him and he could see him through the thin ice, as he got further away from him struggling. And he couldn't reach him and was trying to break the ice and he couldn't do it. And he looked around and he saw a tree in the distance, and he ran and he got up on the tree and he pulled and broke down an enormous sized branch. And came back and savagely began to beat that ice, and broke it. And miraculously he saved his friend. And when the paramedics came, and they were able to revive this little boy. They were scratching their heads, they were trying to figure this out. ‘ How, how could this little prune fella, go up in a tree and break off a branch This size and then come back and beat and break the ice and save his friend.' They thought it was just miraculous, baffling. And an old guy who was there said ‘I can tell you how he did it.' And they said, ‘How? How'd he do it?' And he said, ‘There was no one there to tell him that he couldn't do it.'"