As a child, I have been raised to obey to the simplest of orders and instructions. I never once turned down a favor from my friends or family when I was young. Anything requested shall be done and anything demanded will be handed in. I think somehow this has led to my ‘kind’ nature to help anybody who asked for my assistance, may it be in daily tasks or in the academic field.
During my schooling days, I have lost count on how many separate occasions in which I have lend a hand to a friend in need. Some of which sincerely needed my help while others were merely taking advantage of it. It is my nature to help anybody who asks politely and to help those whom I have known for a very long time.
A close friend of mine warned me from time to time to stop saying yes to every request I get and to learn to say no. I found it very difficult to say so because it is not easy to change after a person had been saying yes for her entire life. She even gave me a short lecture on how I cannot continue to say yes to people when I grow up.
Now that I’m in college, I fully understand what my friend meant. Leeches are everywhere, looking for an opportunity to stick to you and make use of you until the day that you’re not needed anymore. I have grown to hate this kind of people, not only are they insincere in their friendship, but they are also very unsociable.
So this is how I learnt to say no, through a very thoughtful friend.
Thank you ^^
Oh yeah! Too much of anything is never good. I'm glad that you've learned to say "No". I say it almost all the time. Lol! But I don't say that to my family and close friends though. That's just how I was raised. Family first.^^
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