Just Say Yes

Some years ago, I made a decision that I would say yes to anything that wouldn’t hurt me or anyone else. If someone asked me, “Do you want to watch crickets mating?” I would nod yes. “Want to come with me while I buy brown shoe polish?” Of course. “Interested in watching a plumber repair a toilet?” Mais oui. I am absolutely sure that if you just say yes, your life becomes much more interesting, and so do your travels.

“For a lot of people, they get comfortable, and when we’re comfortable we’re afraid of change.”

I wasn’t always a yes-woman. When I was living in Switzerland some decades ago, a friend invited me to a bingo game in the countryside. I scrunched up my face and said no. At the