{"id":2747,"date":"2014-09-06T07:18:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T11:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2016-10-19T09:17:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T13:17:15","slug":"saying-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2014\/09\/saying-no.html","title":{"rendered":"Saying NO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a quick and snappy word. It\u2019s easy to remember, but do we remember to say it appropriately?<\/p>\n<p>The almost universal word, \u201cno\u201d probably began with hunkered down eyebrows, becoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2013\/05\/faith-and-worthiness.html\">more serious <\/a>with a shaking head.<\/p>\n<p>Well, we can take up that animation and its seriousness We can say, &#8220;No,&#8221; when too much food is put in front of us; when we want to drive instead of walk; when we need to stop anger and entertain mindful mercy.<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t that human beings don\u2019t say no. We say it plenty, but sometimes it\u2019s aimed at the wrong thing. Rather than say, &#8220;I can&#8217;t,&#8221; we can follow through on opportunities that require a little imagination and less ego.<\/p>\n<p>Say no to idle TV watching, repetitive negative behavior, making fun of other people, doubting your ability to do good.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t even have to say \u201cno\u201d to God, when religious organizations make God out to be a bigoted numbskull. God is love and God loves us all and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2013\/04\/healer-awareness.html\">gives us the insight<\/a> and ability to expand our consciousness of life and a purpose of good.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a quick and snappy word. It\u2019s easy to remember, but do we remember to say it appropriately? The almost universal word, \u201cno\u201d probably began with hunkered down eyebrows, becoming more serious with a shaking head. Well, we can take up that animation and its seriousness We can say, &#8220;No,&#8221; when too much food is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,4],"tags":[751,1475,1476,1477,1474],"class_list":["post-2747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community_world","category-at-work","category-relationships","tag-parenting","tag-raising-children-without-tv","tag-religon-and-god","tag-walk-free","tag-when-to-say-no"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Saying NO - Everyday Spirituality<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2014\/09\/saying-no.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saying NO - Everyday Spirituality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s a quick and snappy word. 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