I heard yesterday that after you say No, and the other person tries to get you to change your answer, they are trying to gain control over you.
Imagine that? I just hadn’t thought of looking at that as a power struggle or as one person looking to control the other.
Byron Katie has said, that if you can’t say no, I don’t trust your yes. Now this has a new dept to it for me.
You are as strong as your no.
I am seeing this in my challenge that I am saying no to laziness, tiredness, sloth like behavior, and instead of settling back in and laying there, I get up and move.
Each day that I say no to my old behaviors, I am gaining control. Certainly the old behaviors are like an old unhealthy friend, urging me to change my mind.
Today that feeling was almost overwhelming to just stay in bed and quit. It took effort to get up, to get moving and to begin.
That same zapping energy seemed to be present in the hardest postures, where I needed full power to power through, like Balancing Stick.
It is up to me to stick with the no and not change and follow the old behavior, capitulating under its power.
Imagine the power of no!
Saying no can change your life and bring you back to full power.
I M Perfect lady 