Saying NO

Sometimes saying no is the hardest thing we ever do - now that I think about it - it IS the hardest thing we do. It is easy to agree with people - it causes less friction, less anger, less conflict, ...less growth, less learning, less knowledge, less understanding, less self. When we continue to always agree with all people, thoughts, direction and intentions we lose ourselves. We must learn to say no. This thought came to me the other day while watching an old friend engage with the group that had gathered for dinner. She was different from the last time I had seen her and it took a while for me to pinpoint exactly why. Her words were different, her body language different, her attitude was different. She had learned that valuable lesson to say NO to negative thoughts, NO to negative people, NO to the acceptance of a negative world. She had reached a point in her life where she was learning to accept her skills and limitations, to embrace herself and plot her own path forward. She was living an authentic life.

What do your actions and reactions tell others about you?