Ever since they told you you couldn’t fly, you’ve tried. I need only to get to a high place from which to jump. You’d contradict.

But as the years went on, you believed them. You stopped trying to fly, and you did believe it was impossible.

Now, you don’t even think about trying. As soon as they say you can’t, you slink away with your tail between your legs and say Of course not, what was I thinking?