I’ve said ‘yes’ to some pretty crazy stuff, from bungee jumping from a 200ft height (over concrete) to, well, agreeing to speak to four hundred people for a whole day. Saying ‘yes’ enabled me to learn how to hypnotize and remove phobias and traumas, allowed me to visit far away destinations some would consider ‘dangerous’ and got me reading all kinds of books.
As long as it’s legal and moral (which, of course, is a value judgment) saying yes more often will open life up. Narrow, limiting self definitions can be cast aside when we agree to disagree with our notions of: ‘But I’m not the sort of person who can/could _______’ - fill in the blank.
All humans and all animals have some degree of caution and hesitation in them, and that’s a good thing.
When we approach the edge of a very high building, or see a snake on the ground ahead of us, most of us know to be very careful about how close we get. And that self-preserving instinct has kept us alive as a species.
But there’s also a risk associated with being too cautious.
On being too cautious
The danger is that you’ll miss out on the best life has to offer. Life is finite, really and truly. In most cases, once you’ve said no to an opportunity, you are unlikely to get that chance again. The experience that you turned down will never be part of your life. How many places may it have led you, how many opportunities to learn and develop may it have offered you? You’ll never know. How often has it been said that the majority of people quietly tiptoe through life, hoping to make it safely to their deaths?
The new session for hypnosisdownloads.com called The power of yes is for all those who feel they sometimes limit themselves by their ideas of what they can do and also of what they can be. I hope it will help many people really begin to open up their lives.
Someone’s just proposed a trip into town. So I’m off. I wonder who I will meet and what might come of it…?
Mark
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