Whirlwind

I always took it as this: When you say yes, you should mean it with enough conviction so that there are no doubts. When you say no, mean it.

If you sometimes say yes when your heart is thinking no...people are going to pick up on that. So the next time you say yes, you'll have to swear by something. Don't do that. Don't swear by anything. If you're not sure in your heart, Duran, that you mean yes...then don't say yes. Wait until you feel it in your heart before you say it.

That way you'll never have to swear on anything. And people will know that when you say yes, you mean it and that you don't need to swear by anything.

When I want to say no, but my lips say yes...that's deceit. A lie. My tongue is speaking what my heart isn't feeling. I'm lying to myself and to another person.

I'm wearing a mask to please others at those times.

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