Yes Man!
Just watched Yes Man! (starring Jim Carey) the other night. I thought it was just going to be another one of those movies that revolved around a principle that some people just don't think about all the time. I didn't watch any of the trailers so I initially thought that maybe this would be a good movie illustrating the principle of why people need to say "no" more often (because saying yes to everything is kind of crazy to begin with!). I was wrong.Well, not totally wrong. The movie was about possibilities. If you close yourself off to everything that comes your way, life may just pass you by.
The highlight of the film, for me, was when Jim Carey (who plays Carl in the film) starts to speak Korean (because I'm Korean, and I found it oh so humorous when he butchers my native tongue!).
I guess it's debatable, but normally I have found that people have a hard time saying "no". So they say "yes" to everything or are just unclear with what they are really trying to say (in other words, a "no" hiding under "maybe"). Usually it's because they don't want to be rude or reject the other person--thus a prime example of the Golden Rule, right?
"Do unto others as you would have done unto you."
But, I don't think that's what we're doing those times we are unclear and trying to be "nice" to others. If I really wanted to "do unto others" what I would want done unto me, I would want to be as clear and as genuine as I possibly could, even if it means saying "no" to some things.
So even though the movie was called "Yes Man!" (or is it Yes! Man), in the end it was really about saying yes to the things you should be saying yes to and saying no to everything else that would get in the way.
As Scripture would put it, let your "yes be yes and your no be no" (Matthew 5:37). And if we dig a little further, you would find that Jesus gave us the best advice when he said if you have to, don't say yes first and then change your mind, but carefully consider everything first then reply. It is better to say no and then change your mind (if it's possible) then to say yes and then say no, only to hurt another's feelings.
