Susie Taaffe turned down a ride to a team dinner because she feared being a burden, then realized she was stealing the other mother's joy in helping. When we always say no to avoid imposing, we rob people of the satisfaction they get from giving.
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mum in her flag team offered to do something for me, drop her home, take her to this team dinner and then drop her home. 2 things. And it completely opened up my whole night. And normally I'd be like, oh no, it's fine, I can do it. What can I do to help you? Da da. And I actually just said, oh yes, that would actually be lovely. Thank you. Even though every cell in my body was like, And it's not like I'm even being difficult. It's like you're a burden. Burden Susie. And do you know what is really funny about this is that I would love to do it for another mum. It would actually bring me joy to do it. So by burden Susie or not wanting to be a burden Susie, taking over all the time, I'm actually removing the opportunity for someone else to get joy.