Inspiration This Week - Say No

Posted by Jerry Lopper Sep 29, 2006

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity. ~W. Clement Stone

Reflection: We often find ourselves caught between wanting to please someone important to us while wanting to satisfy our own needs. Sometimes these two intentions are mutually exclusive. That's when we feel the emotional stress of a values conflict.

Often, it does take courage to stand up for ourselves and say no. Is that being selfish? Only if we never consider other's needs. It's very difficult to be there for other people until we can feel good about ourselves, so have the courage to face the truth of a values conflict and say no with compassion if that's the right thing to do.