OK to say, "NO" I have been told at countless seminars, that we
as teachers should never say, "No." Yet when I read the Bible, I
find that God says no an awful lot. God often teaches using
negatives, just read the prophets. Eight out of ten commandments
have the words, "shalt not" in them. Many of the great stories
in the Old and New Testaments have negative lessons, or positive
lessons learned from negative situations. The apostle Paul when
wondering where he was to go, heard "no" a couple of times from
God before he was told where to go (Acts 16:6-10). I have found
this true in my own life as well, we as human beings are more
sensitive to hearing the negative. Many athletes will tell you
that they learn more from a defeat, a negative, than a win. Wins
are funner and more positive, but loses are better learning
tools, tools to teach us to become winners. Do not throw out one
of the most powerful words in the English language. The first
word a child understands is the word "No." We say it constantly
as parent