The thing about this “If it’s not a Hell Yes then it’s a Hell No” Theory is that some things are really just plain old Hell No’s. There are lots of things in life that are Hell No’s. Somehow we humans manage to make Hell No’s into “Oh Ok’s” and then we wonder where the last 10 years went. Ah yes . . .
The Last 10 Years
10 years ago tomorrow I made a decision that altered everything about my life – who I am, where I live, the people I surround myself with – everything. 10 years ago I had no way of knowing that we would be here today. I had no way of knowing we would be who we are today. I just had no way of knowing. That not knowing is part of the fabric of life. It’s just life – we make decisions – those “Oh Ok’s” and 10 years later here we are.
Did you want to be here? Did you want to be with these people? Did you want this job? This house? This body? This life? Did the Universe sneak up on you and deliver something so much more wonderful to you than you could have ever dreamed? It did me.
I’m sitting here looking at a ring on my finger that belonged to my great-grandmother. Wherever she is, I know she’s happy for me. She knows about this Hell Yes and Hell No thing. Wherever she is, I can hear her clapping for me. I hear her shouting, “Yippee!! Darlin’, you finally got it! It took a while but you made it. And no one will ever bully you again.”
I’m just not going to be bullied. Not again. Not by anyone. It’s a Hell No. I don’t care who you are.
