“HI!” Rowan*, my niece, is two. This is one of her two favorite words. She will be in the middle of dancing about the living room floor, then she’ll suddenly lock eyes with me, stop abruptly, rush over, gaze at me deeply, and say it: “HI!” She’s just made that word completely delicious for me. […]
Celebration of Negation Part III: Six NO’s for Success
Featured image courtesy of Corbie Mitleid. Difficult. Selfish. Willful. Controlling. Close-minded. Nasty. Disagreeable. Caustic. Pig-headed. Ungrateful. Obstinate. Offensive. Annoying. Stubborn. Bastard. Bitch. There are lots of words to describe a person who chooses to say NO. I think those words used to be one of the reasons I spent too much of my […]
Celebration of Negation Part II: Yes to NO*
If your path is in any way similar to mine — maybe you have a farm, or you don’t send your kids to school, or you work for yourself… You’ve met up with negativity, incessant claims on your time (especially if you don’t go to a normal 9-5 job), unreasonable customer demands, doubters and […]