c is for... "Can" and "Cannot"

Back in  2001, when I first started rewriting my life, I became enamored of a little mantra that helped me get out from under the tyranny of "should."  When I started to whine that I "should" do something - write, exercise, call Mom - I forced myself to replace it with the word "can" (if it was possible and in my control) or "can't" (if it wasn't.)  That established, I could rest easily between "can't" or "can," which inevitably led to will or won't. It put the power back in my hands.

C is for....

can

can't

crap

cartwheel

cartilege

court

courting

courtliness

.... I do get into ruts....

catastrophe

cunnilingus

craftiness

creativity

cart

cantankerous

...it is, by the way, snowing outside, big, blustery flakes, actually sticking to the ground...

carnival

creation

caterwaul

coop

co-op

corner

catapult

count

cat

coochie-coochie-coo....

carpet (matches the drapes?)

cascade

croon

centrifuge

centerpiece

central

cerulean

carnivore

carnivorous

canine

.... ran out at 35 this time....

Cartagena

cartel

cocaine

cooperation

clean

cream

crag

captain (OK, that's a cheat, I saw the word on my bookshelf)

carport

car wash

caterpillar

coonskin

cap

cesspool

chain

chain gang

chapter

chapel

chaplain

chest

chesty

choose

choice

58 words....  I guess I "can."