Note the difference between how you feel when you are willing and how you feel when you are unwilling.
When you feel willing, you are like an expert skier who skis down a slope. When you feel unwilling, you trudge uphill. When you are unwilling, you drag your feet. Better to be a dancer who gets up and dances.
You would wish that every request that is asked of you would be easy to say Yes to and easy to do. With reluctance, it becomes hard to say Yes and oblige. What is it exactly that you resist?
What if for one day you willingly accepted what was asked of you? What would it cost you?
I do not intend that you are at the beck and call of everyone. I do intend that, instead of resisting, you lean toward a response of, "Okay, sure, I will." Perhaps resistance has been an automatic response. Perhaps resistance is like a uniform you have put on, and you play the soldier guard who says, "Halt." Perhaps you guard yourself from saying, "Yes." What do you imagine you are protecting yourself from? When did it become smart to say No?
I do not suggest that you throw away your common sense. I suggest that you be less quick to refute what life presents.
Resistance is a lot of trouble.
Just think, what if every time you asked your son to empty the trash, he said, "Sure." And then got up and did it. How would it feel to be on the receiving end of Yes!
Oh, to be in England! Oh, to be anywhere where that Yes falls easily to all lips.
Someone asks, "Can you help me?" And you say, "Yes, what is it you need?" Be a messenger for Me. Grant others' wishes.
What if for one day you didn't miss even one opportunity that presented itself to you?
No is a stopper. Yes lets you pass Go.
No is a bass drum. Yes is a flute.
What if for one day you did not argue with anyone about anything? Not even with yourself?
What if you wanted an ice cream cone, and you got it for yourself? What if instead of listing all the reasons you should say no to an ice cream cone, you say Yes to yourself hands down?
It is as if there are two teams. One is Yes, and the other is No. Which team do you want to be on? Which team members would you most like to be associated with? Which team wins your vote?
When did it become smart to be a naysayer? How did No get to be associated with strength and substance, when the truth is that No is a weakener, and Yes is a strengthener.
If you want to sail through a day, say Yes. You will have alacrity. If you want to meet one obstacle after another, say No, and you will have obstacles right and left.
Practice Yes for one day. Have Yes ready on the tip of your tongue. Say Yes to life.
It takes effort to say No, for No is an interruption in the stream of life. No is a dam. No is a blocker.
Yes opens the sluice, and the stream of life flows merrily, merrily.
In the game of football, there are forwards and there are blockers. No is a great blocker. No is a boulder that blocks the entrance to the cave. Yes makes touchdowns.
No is grumpy. Yes is good-natured.
Experiment with Yes for one day, and see how you like it.
If it is too much to ask of you to say Yes all day, then set out to say Yes twice for every No.
Sail across a sea of Yes.