Yes, no and I don't know

The simplest answer to any question of the soul resolves in one of three statements:

Yes.
No.
I don’t know.

We teach young people to say yes to everything at first.
As we mature, we learn to say no more, and to only say yes when it’s a hell yes.

We teach no as a boundary setter, an act of self-love, a commitment to oneself.

Yes and no are powerful, but the triangle is incomplete without the patient and openness of I don’t know.

A simple self check in might look like this.

Am I happy right now? No.
Can I choose to be at peace in this moment? Yes.
How do I do that? I don’t know.

I don’t know may seem at first like it holds less clarity than yes or no because it is less definite, and therein lies its beauty. I don’t know is an acceptance that the answer requires more thought, more curiosity.

I don’t know is a doorway, not a dead end.

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