Yeah I hear all that YOU are saying and believe me I have said it to myself before, it is just so darn hard when you know that if you say NO that another may be harmed physically or emotionally....
* for I will not tell a single mother that needs someone to watch her kids NO for they have no one else (father left them & everyone else works) and if I say NO they will starve and be placed out on to the street -
* and yes while teenagers need to hear the word NO (and I say it often) I am not talking about every day NO but I am talking about when they are physically fighting with their own parents or the boyfriend has become verbally abusive and they need your help in getting out of the situation at that moment or transportation in getting to work / doctor appointments -
* I have read the books and yes while they hold good info in them they do not meet the normal every day needs that any human has as a person, regular needs and not the ones that come from always relying on another to often.... I left that theory boat long ago.

Does that help shed better light on what I am trying to say?
This is not just a case of never saying NO, for I do and often.... but is real live help being needed and it just happens to be that they all are needing at the same time, and I am being pulled / drained.


LoVe,
Rhapsody - ((( hugs ))))