Hey! I’m so excited because I get to talk to my favorite friends again. I mean, it’s Friday Follies!!!!! I’ll start out with saying thanks for the feedback from last week, and I’m still getting responses, so let’s talk about one of your questions….
“Donna, last week’s Follies were all about self-analysis. I have struggled for years about saying ‘NO’ without feeling like I need to offer excuses or explanations for saying ‘No’. Help me figure this one out. Why do I have a sense of guilt when I say ‘No’? I can look back on many times when I said ‘Yes’ to something I really didn’t want to do. What is it I’m so afraid of? It’s kind of fascinating how layered this gets, huh?”
Well, I’d say, “Join the crowd” on this one. I know a lot of people who have a hard time saying a simple “No” and there could be many different reasons why. One could be that you don’t want to disappoint the person who asked you or hurt their feelings. Another could be you’re afraid saying “No” would negatively affect your friendship or relationship, or you could have a feeling of unworthiness about yourself and not have enough confidence in your “right” to make your own choice. You may be such a people pleaser that it seems like the rest of the world must be right and you must be wrong if you don’t agree or go along with them. You could be confusing trying to be cooperative with allowing yourself to be manipulated. Also, some people may want an answer right now and you really need to take time to be sure the decision to say “No” is the right one for you to make in order to avoid having to suffer the consequences of a wrong choice. Some people can give themselves too much credit. Others may not give themselves enough credit. You may just need to allow yourself to realize what a nice person you are and feel some respect for yourself for trying to be honest and practice the golden rule. You’re just growing up, like a lot of us, fumbling for maturity. But you’ll figure it out and gain more confidence as you start being more mindful of each situation. Good question! Good luck!
On a different note, I want to ask you to please pray for Brenda’s mom. She’s been in the hospital for some time now and the doctors still don’t know exactly what’s wrong with her, so she needs some divine intervention. The Bible says according to Matthew 18:19, “If any 2 of you agree on earth as asking anything, it shall be done.” (And we are way more than 2!) Therefore, based on His Word, we’re asking God and Jesus for their supernatural help and healing for Helen Madden. Jesus healed people everywhere He went and if He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever we can trust and believe that He meant what He said and will answer our prayer. Amen? Oh, thank you guys very much.
As we told you, we had to re-order my EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE WITH GOD book, and that shipment came yesterday, so if you’ve been waiting, they’ll be in the mail to you soon. Also, my 2026 Blue Mountain Arts calendar came in and we’ve just added them to our websites www.DonnaFargo.com and www.PrimaDonnaEntertainmentCorp.com. They’re small like the 2025 one. It’s called GOD IS WITH YOU ALL THE TIME.
Okay, gotta’ get some more work done. I hope you’re all healthy and happy and rich! Ha! How’s that?
Love,
Donna
