Overcoming obstacles

From CrossFitter LauraR's blog, The sport of fitness, the art of getting better.'s "About Me" page,

Take the words "genetic freak" out of your vocabulary and substitute the words "hard working, committed, and focused" and you will have removed one obstacle to doing things you never thought possible.

This idea works with lots of replacements for "genetic freak".  I almost automatically think about it (OK, try to think about it) as:

Take the words "middle age" or "old age or injured" out of your vocabulary ...

Alpha^2

P.S. Recovering well from the knee surgery, looking to get back to the gym this week.