I love quotes.
They can come from the craziest places and still touch something in me.
One night I was watching the Suze Orman show, she was talking to someone about something they couldn't afford and she said "say no out of love instead of yes out of fear".
Whoa.
That one struck close to home and not in the way that Suze meant it. How often do I take the easy route out of fear? Fear of the unknown, fear of change, fear of what my kids/husband/friends/family might think. It made me realize I say 'yes' far too often, and it is hurting me.
I used to have a lot less fear than I do now. I did things with abandon, basing my decisions on what I wanted to do. I was irresponsible, impulsive, and didn't think about the future.
Somewhere along the way that changed: I 'grew up' and became a contributing member of society. Which is good, unless you swing the total other direction and become; a workaholic, a recluse, avoiding any form of interaction with other people, sacrificing family and self on the alter of money. The workaholic beast started eating me, beating me up on a daily basis--making me want to take all the overtime I can, make more money, keep going until I dropped. Well I give up. I can't do it and I am going to finally say NO out of love.
It's scary but I've been there before. I am afraid but the darkness of the unknown is less scary than the bright light that is shining in the belly of the beast now.
Ready??? JUMP
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