From the time you were two years old your bedroom routine included affirmation, i can do anything. You've said that she did this to make sure you understood that the world was yours,. Absolutely did you believe her? I think that when you 're that young and ust, you know this. This is the beauty of language - it has a way of fossilizing and attaching itself to the identity ry. We have to be carefl with language. It's a tricky thing. Unso my mother understood this because, i mean, this is a woman who basically is like, 19 60, seventies hippy- right? Black hippy type, you know.