May 3, 2022

The fear of movie theatres ... The End!

Last year I wrote about my boy & his fear of the dark. And how it has kept us from experiencing the joy of watching a movie together as a family. But every now and then we would still ask him if he would like to go to the movies, and every time his answer was the same - he doesn't think so.

A little while back we asked him again and his answer took us by surprise. He said YES!!! He caught us completely off guard. We most probably asked him another ten times if he was sure, and every time he said YES!!!

We immediately realized that there was no turning back. All other plans had to be canceled. This moment is too big. Too important. We are going to the movies!:-)

And we did. It was SO much fun! Forgotten was the fact that I waited almost 9 years for this moment. We had popcorn. We had coke. We had lots of fun. It was perfect!

Many times afterward I thought what has changed? What made that he was suddenly ready to go to the movies?

Maybe it all had to do with timing. Maybe it was because he allowed himself the space to sort and figure it out for himself. I am not sure, but we can surely learn from it.

We can say NO until we are ready to say YES!

But to do that we need to learn what is important to us. It is only when we know what we truly value that we can create the environment and life that we have always dreamed of. Don’t be so busy with everything that everybody else wants so that there is no time left for you to figure out what it is that you want.

Say NO until you are ready to say YES!