“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage – pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.”” Stephan R. Covey from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

I love this quote. Actually got it from PhilosophersNotes.com! Some super yummy, sexy Philosopher named Brian Johnson creates these amazing notes on the best self-development books. Check it out! :)

Do you know what your priorities are right now?

In my life right now mine are to:

*Truly master my mind and my body

*Develop an incredible, intimate & spiritual relationship

*Know my Higher Self on a very personal level and communicate with Her often!

*Create an amazing Goddess website

*Goddess Living Ph.d Program (the one that I have created and am currently enrolled in :))

With my priorities this means a lot of time reading/writing/learning/studying/meditating/praying/and hanging with the sexy Philosopher. It is quite a simple life! And, anything social is usually going to Church/yoga/gym or something that inspires, transforms, uplifts and helps me to further align with my priorities.

So, there are a lot of No’s! I love people and I love to spend time with my intimate friends. But to be honest I am not very good at small talk. Don’t care about the weather, the Lakers, the celebrities or the news. Just not where I find my inspiration. My time is valuable and I choose to do it with the things that I want to do. I can at times feel myself feeling guilty like I should be more normal, and just “hang out” with my friends and family more, or be more social, be in the world more. But, right now it just isn’t my top priority and that is awesome to know and then to live my life with integrity around what is most important!

And, I know that priorities change. It is all part of my process of self-discovery. But, I notice the more that I don’t stay connected to what my priorities are and say, ‘yes’, when I really mean ‘no’…I get further and further away from what my intentions and goals are and I feel drained, resentful and frustrated!

I know I have a burning Yes inside of me and I am learning to have the courage to say No to the good, and know that I am saying YES to the great, marvelous, and extraordinary when I do what I am inspired to do and stay aligned with my top priorities!

Here’s another quote from the PhilosophersNotes.com…“A ‘No’ uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.” Mahatma Gandhi

Wow! I am committed to living my highest priorities and saying YES to my Bliss and No to all other things! How about you? Do you know what your highest priorities are? And, are you living them every day? :)