{"id":2397,"date":"2020-12-04T06:50:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T11:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2020-12-11T00:07:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T05:07:35","slug":"week-325-find-the-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=2397","title":{"rendered":"Week #325 &#8211; Find the Yes!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"352\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Yes.jpg?resize=384%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Yes.jpg?w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Yes.jpg?resize=300%2C275&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Week #325 &#8211; Find the Yes!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we turn the corner into December, I can see there are four Fridays left in 2020&#8230;which has me thinking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What does this year have to teach us?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not one for assigning purpose to tragedy&#8230;I think we&#8217;re fully capable of learning things without losing people, bearing heartache, or watching dreams die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, I do think there are things to be learned in loss.  Not because of the loss necessarily&#8230;but in spite of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2020 is kind of like that.  We&#8217;ve all had to learn things we didn&#8217;t want to learn.  Yet learn them we did.  But the question remains: will we be better for it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One big lesson for me this year was &#8220;finding the yes.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a year full of NO&#8230;what we CAN do has become super important.  This is not about complacency.  Oh no&#8230;we should not rest in our yeses. But while we are busy fighting, resisting, protesting, and making our voices heard&#8230;life goes on and we need to live out the YES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Can&#8217;t go to movies?  Go to a drive in.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Can&#8217;t work out at the gym?  Take it outside.<\/li><li>Can&#8217;t go out to eat?  Order in.<\/li><li>Can&#8217;t gather inside?  Take it to the park or patio.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But here in Los Angeles, just as we&#8217;re getting kind of getting kind of used to this new normal&#8230;we find ourselves restricted again.  Which feels like a bit of a blow.  After all, we were just getting the hang of it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of us are facing a lot of NOs this holiday season. Lots of nos. It&#8217;s crushing.  But we can&#8217;t settle for it.  We can&#8217;t take no for an answer.  There is a yes there somewhere. And it&#8217;s up to us to find it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Can&#8217;t host the family? &nbsp;Schedule an outside visit. <\/li><li>Can&#8217;t do an outside visit? &nbsp;Schedule a drive by. <\/li><li>Can&#8217;t do a drive by? &nbsp;Send cards, make phone calls, and of course&#8230;<\/li><li>There&#8217;s always Zoom.  (UGH!!!)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>There are tons of ways I&#8217;ve seen people turning NOs into YESes. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Stuck inside? &nbsp;Declutter. &nbsp;<\/li><li>No travel? &nbsp;Tour your home town!&nbsp;<\/li><li>Mall closed? &nbsp;Shop small. &nbsp;<\/li><li>Learn to cook, learn to bake, learn resilience.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year has taught us a lot about resilience. Not just the benefits of it&#8230;but the importance of it as a learned skill: for survival, for well being, to help ourselves so we can help others. And that&#8217;s what&#8217;s most important, because for every no we are hearing someone else is hearing it too. And it may be more than they can bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead: Find the Yes!  <\/strong>We can&#8217;t just all give in to NO. Someone needs to stand up to it. To test its boundaries. To challenge its limits. To find out what it&#8217;s really made of. Because sometimes NO does keep us safe from harm&#8230;and other times, it&#8217;s an opportunity to teach us what we&#8217;re really made of.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spread Happyness &#8212;&nbsp;Find the Yes!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>12\/4\/20 by Grace Church<br>\u00a9 Grace Church<br>grace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week #325 &#8211; Find the Yes! As we turn the corner into December, I can see there are four Fridays left in 2020&#8230;which has me thinking: What does this year have to teach us? 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