User talk:Jinkelaar

"The Only Things You Cannot Do Are Those Things You Do Not Try." is a variation of the saying by Yoda of Star Wars Fame. This is much truer, in that it speaks to everyone at a base level. Aother way of saying it would be "if you have the opportunity to do something and don't try you have already failed". But I like my version better.

I have taught by using this philosophy for many years, and was rewarded many times by students who had formed habits of giving up on themselve or if the challenge got to hard just quitting. Using this tool, and not giving up on my students, I have seen their increase in personal growth, greater community involvement, and of course the willingness to start doing something new or quitting something harmfull.

If you have never stopped and tried to help your fellow man when needed, Then you have already failed in the opportunity to make yourself and them better. Think of that and use the quote as your guiding pholosophy because "The Only Things You Cannot Do Are Those Things That You Do Not Try."

I believe that this is a quote that I came up with (in 1997), but if you can prove otherwise I will bow to the wisdom of a person wiser than I.

--Jinkelaar (talk) 11:17, 1 September 2012 (UTC) Retired Soldier, Teacher, and lover of life.