Each Yes Also Demands a No

In order to say Yes to something, we should say no to many other things. This is logical. The style of life that I choose, brings many people to me asking if for me it is prohibited to marry. However, I made a choice in so great a form of liberty that this type of question sounds strange to me. No one forces me and I am able to change my life as I want and when I want. Only that choice that I make was that of saying Yes to a call of God and this Yes signifies many No’s. And all  have this dynamic. Life is made of choices. If we think well, all of us have to say no many times during the day, because we already said Yes another time before.

Apolonio Carvalho Nascimento

Translated from Portuguese