A piece of wisdom from
May 30, 2024 · Thursday
The quote
“When the three selves are aligned, you are pono. When they are at war, you are sick.”
— traditional Hawaiian teaching · Hoʻoponopono
The concept
The Power of No
Saying no, setting boundaries, and ending the silent losses of people-pleasing.
Most people are far better at saying yes than at saying no, and they pay for it quietly: in lost time, simmering resentment, missed priorities, and being taken advantage of by those who never learned to ask gently. The power of no is not ru…
A practice for today
When the next difficult feeling arrives, ask yourself: the lesson of The Power of No. Saying no, setting boundaries, and ending the silent losses of people-pleasing.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 18.47
श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्। स्वभावनियतं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्॥
“Better is one's own duty, though imperfect, than another's duty well performed. Performing the work fitted to one's own nature, one incurs no sin.”
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