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Two chapters in, and I’m already finding that immense joy in reading a book for the second time—the discovery of new insight and inspiration, as I’m deep into the “The Dance of Yes and No,” where Baron talks about the importance of saying “Yes” to things in order to gain growth in one’s life, and how saying a clear “Yes” to something is also saying a clear “No” to other things in that same moment, in the case of growth, saying “Yes” to that, and truly growing as a person in life means that you are saying “No” to procrastination and stagnation in life.
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Saying “Yes!” allows me to move forward every day. Saying “Yes!” to their disease, to those that offer support around it, including amazing organizations like Make-A-Wish, is what got us out of bed at 3:30 this morning to board a flight to Hawaii, where we will say “Yes!” to a week of huge smiles on a little girl’s face, “Yes!” to making memories as a family, and “Yes! to embracing each other, and this journey we are all on together, because saying “No” just really isn’t an option.
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