It's okay to say NO!

Since I've been watching Elevation things have changed for the better around here. I've become a lot more giving than before I go out of my way to bring a smile to someones face or to bless others. Email, Text, Card, Gift, etc. We tend to forget that there are limitations when we become overly generous. I was sitting in my car yesterday with my mother complaining about a situation that I was facing and stopped dead middle of a sentence and said, I need to read the best yes. 

The book, "The Best Yes" by Lysa TerKerust is about making sure that you are wearing yourself to thin. When we want to do everything we want to do we do things incorrectly. I was filling out a questionnaire the other day and one of the questions was about if you work to fast do you make more mistakes. I answered 'no'. My husband and I had the conversation about it and he said, 'yes'. 

I started to get aggravated and wonder why he answered that way. My mom had put in a word explaining that my normal pace was faster than normal. But just because I worked faster than others didn't mean that's what they were referring to. I tend to working quickly and sometimes seem chaotic.I get the task done, it just might take a while. Only because I'm so distracted I can't keep my concentration sometimes. 

But if I were to go faster than normal, I would mess up completely. It's like this if we try to do everything. If we do this and this and that and that. We do way to much. Our brain becomes mushy and we forget things. I used to be the person that would always say yes, still am. I tend to want to do everything and anything that I can to help. Yet I still wear myself to thin. 

You can't do that in life. NEWSFLASH, You can't make everyone happy all the time. Sometimes you have to say no. Sometimes you have to do something for yourself. Once a week, pick something for yourself and do it. This week, mine was walking at the track. I went and walked. I did something for me. Not for anyone else, myself. You have to remember that if you yourself aren't rested or relaxed you aren't doing anyone any good. 

Think about this. If you are watching a child, or have children yourself, you know that you tell them no to keep them safe. God tells us no so we are protected and we need to learn to say no to protect ourselves from becoming burnt out or spread to thin! This week think about all the things that you have started doing and what needs to be eliminated. You have to be the best YOU that YOU can be. Not what someone else wants YOU to be.