Ann

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go

Saying Yes

Yesterday we talked about learning to say no. Today, let's discuss another important word: Yes.

We can learn to say yes to things that feel good, to what we want - for others and ourselves.

We can learn to say yes to fun. Yes to meetings, to calling a friend, asking for help.

We can learn to say yes to healthy relationships, to people and activities that are good for us.

We can learn to say yes to ourselves, what we want and need, our instincts, and the leading of our Higher Power.

We can learn to say yes when it feels right to help someone. We can learn to say yes to our feelings. We can learn to identify when we need to take a walk, take a nap, have our back rubbed, or buy ourselves flowers.

We can learn to say yes to work that is right for us.

We can learn to say yes to all that will nurture and nourish us. We can learn to say yes to the best life and love has to offer.

Today, I will say yes to all that feels good and right.

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.

rozied

Thank you for a wonderful, uplifting, post.

charliedone1

Another good day.

Ann

This is an old thread from 2008...and yet it is exactly what I needed to read today.

It was very difficult for me to learn to say no..appropriately and when that was the healthy correct answer, but saying yes to myself was harder.

Giving myself permission to make my own good choices based on what I need rather than just give in to others because it was easier not to make waves was a huge step in my recovery.

I no longer "go along to get along". I just make sure my decisions are healthy and safe.

Yup, it's just what I needed to read today. That's no coincidence.