Is “no” really a negative word? And is “negative” always bad? For almost two years now I have been trying to minimize saying no to Kitty the Kool Kat. Mind ya, try to be cool when she does everything you say jangan to and looks at you with that ‘I-dare-you-to-stop-me’ kinda do-or-dare deadly look. And so, I learned to use Stop! instead – a supposedly more instructive lexis. But as always, some days are diamond, some days are stone. And many are downright rocky. A day like today.
So I got thinking…maybe I should just use no. And I should teach Kitreena to say no and mean it. So she wouldn’t be a woman who doesn’t know how to say no. Like me. Maybe no isn’t such a bad word afterall. Otherwise, why are so many women (and men) complaining that they don’t know how to say the word? Are they the result of parents who believe that nothing can come from hearing the word no but negativity?
So, girls and boys…just go do it! Go say no! And mean it.
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