Yes is a word that has flowed freely from my lips with great frequency. Yes is a word most people want to hear and seems to gain favor from those seeking assurance, conformity, agreement, peace, dominance, acceptance, encouragement, connection. The word no is much more difficult to deliver. No has felt negative. No divides me from you. No disappoints. Yes I'll do it, take it, accept it, go there, permit entry. Saying yes has hurt me more than no, yet saying no is not how I have been trained, wired, built. Why does no feel like a betrayal of my ingrained contract? Am I going to survive with a no? Are they?
I am learning that to survive, no is as necessary as the breath I take. For my relationships and my sanity to survive I must learn no. I must say yes to no.
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