I read recently in a great book called What's Your Purpose by Richard Jacobs, that a lot of people get stuck in NO. He explained that with batteries you first have the negative but the energy needs to move to the positive or the energy stagnates and even stops. So with people he said that sometimes we need to say a no to something but then to move quickly to the yes. A lot of of people never get to the yes they only stay in the no. So for instance, maybe they don't like their job. They will spend hours, maybe years complaining about it, talking about what they hate about it etc. They are a big walking no. But they never move to YES which would be what they do like, love, want instead.
I could really relate to this. So I started practising saying YES, infact I put up the word YES all around my room. I realized that I do get stuck in no, and this is what makes the whole flow of life stop. I had asked God this exact question. I noticed in life sometimes the flow of life would pour into my life. Money, opportunities, people, neat experiences etc. Then other times it seemed as if everything stopped. I have had this experience for years and I wondered why???
I asked God and then was led to this book that explained it perfectly. A complete answer to my prayer. I then also started a YES group on facebook. I invited many people but only 3 people other than me have joined. We say yes to things every day. Then one of these people had me over for dinner and she said "lets shake hands and make a pact that we are going to say YES to life from now on and we can check in with each other in a few months." we shook hands and off we went. Now what was amazing was by 8:20 in the morning the next morning I had already said no to 2 of my ideas. It was amazing how easy and often no came out of me. So I have been practising saying YES to life and it is proving to be quite an amazing experience. It is already making my life into such a fun adventure.
I remember the movie Yes Man. He was a blocked big NO!! Then he started saying YES to everything. What he learned was he didn't need to say yes to everything, we need to be discerning and have some boundries of course. But when something good came his way, or there was something he did want to do or try, or he had a worthy idea that he needed to say YES!
Doing this opened his life and changed it! I have been finding the same thing. I have just begun this and so it will be interesting to see in a few months what my life looks like (a side note: as I was writing this the Battle Hymn of the Repulic was being blaringly sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I have one of their CD's on and that was the song that was playing as I was writing this. Seems fitting!! LOL)
I also am becoming aware of how blocking others are too. Which is one of the reasons I said no to myself because I find the world can be a very no place. Not always a very open YES place. So because of this I started at some point saying no to myself and to the world because of their nos. I wasn't this way as a child as I am sure most of us weren't. Really inside of us all is still a very enthusiastic, happy, creative, excited child.
It seems like the world likes to make things as difficult as possible and put up lots of road blocks for us. This can be discouraging, or people may not seem very open to us, so this can make us then say no to them or ourselves for trying to go forward. I think it is this mentality that has dampered so many spirits in the world. Think of how much creativity never gets born because NO has become such a virus.
But really we are just passing the NO on. We experienced NO from people, then we become a NO then we start doing this to others. This is how NO has become so popular. But we can begin breaking that cycle and become the YES's of the world.
We just need to keep saying YES and know that our YES will break down and remove any road block that comes our way. If we committ to being a YES person then I think life will have to say YES back, and probably we will meet other YES people in our travels. I do know that like attracts like. So the more we say yes, the more yes's will come our way. Plus like in the movie Yes Man, and I can say already in my own life, being a yes person is way more fun. Feels way more positive and does open up our lives in a magical ways. In fact I think God can move through us more easily and truly take us to the best places, the happiest experiences if we are YES people.
I now say a big wopping YES to life! If I need to say no, I say it then move onto the yes as fast as possible. I say yes to my ideas, I say yes to God's guidance, I say yes to the wonderful gifts that come my way every day. If someone wants to bless me, I say YES! As the Spirit moves through me I say YES! As I am guided to bless, help or connect with someone I say YES! I am dedicated to being a big walking YES! I make sure when others come to me that I am the Spirit of YES so that I am bringing this energy into the world. I now help make the world a beautiful, kind, happy place of YES!
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