"No” is a boundary.
It means I respect myself. That I love myself. That I stand up for myself. That I am willing to not do what someone is asking me to do to make room for what I want to do.
“No” means that I gradually learn how to listen to myself instead of being worried that another person is going to love me or approve of me less if I don’t do what they want me to.
I understand that’s important to you, but I don’t want to do it and that’s important to me.
As I learn to say no, my self worth becomes stronger. I learn how to communicate more clearly. I become less afraid of the impact this word will have on another person and on our relationship. I worry less about what others will think of me. I realize that I have someone who’s got my back and who I can always, always count on: me.
-Dushka Zapata
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