Short Assertiveness Poems

loving herself now
believing in her own heart
She retains power...

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They were diabolically opposed to everything I offered
I decided to take my ideas and go home
One of my best ideas and
Easiest to implement...

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She said no without excuse.
I admired that.
Her eyes did not blink.
She did not explain.
She simply said ‘no’.
Quiet and plain.
Not I’m sorry.
Not I wish I could.
She said ‘no’ the way I wish I could....

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Took an assertiveness training class in 1981
Did not do well
Failed it

Swiftly went from passive to agressive
during six scenarios
left bunch of people lying on the floor moaning

they could never explain the difference between assertive and agressive to me. They tried. Believe me they tried.
I stepped over them gingerly
and demanded my money back from the secretary
who cringed and flinched when she saw me coming....

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World War two
The properties of gemstones
The Mayans
The Bible
Native Americans
Spirituality
Extra Sensory Perception
Hypnotism
Clairaudience
Palmistry
Assertiveness training
Psychometry
Sociology
Sedona
Near Death Experiences
Psychological Case Studies
Brain Research
Clairasentience
Geology
Aztecs
Egyptians
Horatio Alger stories
Clairavoyance
When I stop being interested in new things
When I stop learning
My dying begins...

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Simple said, "Yes, I will."
Simple thought, This will work for me.  
Silence thought, I will go along, without voice.

Simple thought, Frankly, because I do not want to.
Simple said.  "No, thank you."
Silence thought, we choose not to share our ideas, that's why.

Simple said, "Yes, I will do this, but no, I will not do that."
Simple said this without apology.
Silence sat quietly, watching with pride.

Simple Silence. Nothing as powerful....

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