Reflection or Rumination?

I dedicate today's post to Maya Angelou.

Sometimes getting stuck is a matter of being subjected to others' lack of knowledge about your capabilities. How many times have you heard that you can't possibly do _______, or be _______ because you are the wrong demographic? Somehow, you fail to live up to someone else's preconceived notion about how a ______ should be. The problem is not you. It's the limited vision of the other that has the potential to throw you off balance. Am I right? Work hard, do not be afraid to swerve to the left to avoid a potentially negative experience. Change not for others, necessarily, but in order to keep from getting stuck in the quicksand of low expectations. Neglect, too. Seek feeedom from the cultural wasteland of limited opportunity. Ignore small minds. Fight On!