Is "Maybe I can't" really true?

Previously, in an article titled “Why don't you take off those chains?” I introduced the fable of the
“elephant's chain.” It was a story about our


“mental chains”
—the way we convince ourselves that things we couldn't do as children are still “impossible” as adults. Today, as a follow-up, I would like to share another story.⸻

🦅 The story of the eagle who didn't know he was an eagle

An eagle chick once wandered onto a farm. The farmer decided to raise the chick in the chicken coop. Raised among the chickens, the eagle spent his days walking on the ground and pecking at bugs, just like those around him. One day, he looked up at a large bird flying high in the sky, and the chickens said,


“That's an eagle. It's different from us.”

Hearing that, the eagle thought to himself, “I am a chicken. It's impossible for me to fly in the sky like that.”


—Without ever realizing he was an “eagle” capable of flight, he lived his whole life as a chicken.⸻

🧠 Assumptions become mental brakes

This story is a bit sad, isn't it? But we, too, may be trapped within

“self-imposed boundaries” without even realizing it. The brain has a habit of defining
“the boundaries of reality”


based on “past experiences” and “external influences.” Things like “things I couldn't do,” “memories of being scolded,” or “experiences of not being valued”—these memories make us believe, “This is the kind of person I am.” But in reality, those boundaries might just be things we've created ourselves. Like the eagle, you might actually have the power to soar much higher.

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🧠 The brain has “neuroplasticity”

In neuroscience, it is said that “the brain is flexible.” This is called
“plasticity,” and it means that

no matter how old you are, you can change your thought habits and behavioral patterns.
For example, try taking a small step toward something you previously avoided because you thought it was “impossible.” Just by doing that, the brain will

“learn a new pattern,”



thinking, “Maybe I can do this.”⸻

🌈 Today's prescription

When you think, “Maybe I can't...”, please try asking yourself if that thought is truly the “real you.”

You might actually be an eagle.

You might have the power to fly to heights you have never seen before. Just by slightly expanding the boundaries of your assumptions, the way you see the world can change. Today, too, please be gentle and ask yourself,

“Is that really impossible?”


Mimi

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