September 29, 2023 – A

Why spend our time with people
who cannot take "No" for an answer? 

Taking "No" for an answer is
the primary ingredient in maturation.
It is instrumental in "getting over it,"
and nothing is more essential 
to our development
than "getting over it"
and "moving on."

People who cannot do those things
are drains on everyone else,
sapping the life energy out of every room
in demanding that everything revolve
around them
and their need to be happy in all things
at all times.

The entire attraction of,
and motivation to attain, power
is grounded in the inability
to take "No" for an answer.

Wealth is just a weapon to wield 
in refusing to take "No" 
for an answer.

All of the problems of humankind
come down to a refusal
to take "No" for an answer.

And being able to take "No"
for an answer
is the foundation of all helpful,
healing,
relationships,
and the ground of our ability
to live together in ways that 
are good for each other
and the entire species/world.

It is what holds everything together
and enables us to find the way
through disappointment,
heartache,
grief,
loss
and sorrow,
in getting over it
and moving on.

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