LOVE A “NO”
Own this word. Feel its bite when it’s said to your face, and recognize it just as clearly in the silence and passive signals people hide behind. Awaken to what lives beyond this word; beyond the opportunity itself, to the knowing, crooked smile that forms when you see past the first sting of disappointment. Those who have embraced this beautiful word have felt its reward, the sweet satisfaction of a green light, or the quiet assurance of a confident nod, moving with purpose from top to bottom. My question is simple for your creative endeavor of any kind or the idea that is larger than your very existence: can you accept the searing blade of refinement this word brings, and shape your work until it gives rise to something unmistakable—a gracious, confident, beautiful undeniable yes?
