Momentary Weakness

I'm having trouble saying no.

Maybe I'm just tired. The driving, the relentless snow, the shoveling, the stone harvesting, the wall building—it all adds up. And as we inch toward spring, maybe I’ve lost some nerve about the white space in my calendar that I claim to love.

It takes strength to say no to a project that’s almost a good fit. When I’m not at my best, I fall back on the 3 P’s—and Eliza’s sage counsel—to keep me from saying yes for the wrong reasons.