This movie is brilliant!  It uses comedic humor (which gets us laughing and immediately raises our vibration ~ we’re wired to be happy) to show us some very important elements of life and how we choose to live it.

Life is about choice. It’s up to us how we live it and what we create for ourselves.

In the movie, Carl (played by Jim Carrey), out of fear of being rejected, abandoned, let down, etc…has grown accustomed to just saying no to life.  …and as a result he basically has no life.

While Carl’s not having much fun, he thinks he’s happy like this.  After all, it’s better this way.  Isn’t it?  (I can’t get hurt if I’m already numbed out and already almost dead to the world.)

Transformation Train

Transformation for Carl presents itself in the form of a high powered motivational seminar series called, ‘Yes Man ~ Yes is the New No’.

One of Carl’s few remaining friends (a blast from the past, when Carl had a life) persuaded Carl to come to the seminar.

Carl attends and reluctantly begins to feel the energy of the room…he begins to notice the seemingly high vibe of the participants.  Carl starts to wonder if maybe there’s something to all this ‘Yes Man’ stuff.

Suddenly he’s face-to-face with the seminar leader (a piece of archetypical perfection in this role).  The leader gets in Carl’s face and with a ‘come to Jesus’ tone, scares the crap out of him inspires him to take the ‘Covenant’.

The covenant states that one needs to say YES!…all the time, no matter what the circumstances or situation.  And if one abides by the covenant their life will be filled with fun and paradise unparalleled.

Yes, Man!…that was awkward.

The movie proceeds to show us some incredibly awkward, mostly funny (one downright ‘ewww, that’s just so wrong’ in my oh so humble opinion) instances where Carl says, YES!

Even in the midst of some ‘not so fun yeses’ Carl realizes his life is turning around for the better.

He’s living again.  He can breathe.  Things that felt like mundane struggles before are now blips on the radar.

Life was now showing Carl all sorts of new opportunities, new ways to express himself, new ways to have fun and enjoy life.

Curses!

As time goes on, Carl feels the weight of the covenant he’s taken as a curse; he believes out of seemingly relevant observations that when he just has to say NO!…bad things happen.

So he tries to continue to only say YES!  This of course brings about quite a conundrum; something inside him tells him the story he’s now living isn’t quite right.

(…get it…internal Resonance Barometer going off…will he listen?)

Some interesting plot twists develop as Carl realizes there are just some instances where a NO! is necessary.

And so continues Carl’s exploration to finding the balance and the deeper meaning of being a ‘Yes Man’!

The moral of the story according to me:

We truly and completely step into our natural, unique and authentic power when we get real with ourselves.  When we’re tuned in enough and honest enough to only go in the direction of what feels good, in ease and grace.  This is what alignment is all about.

Discernment is a beautiful thing.

When we align ourselves with that which flows from our brilliance, our essence, our Divine Spark we empower ourselves to live an inspired, richly promising life that delivers everything we could ever imagine…and more.

When we choose to live our lives in this manner and we trust that by being true to ourselves that only good can come our way…that’s exactly what happens!

The glorious thing about that is that it’s true and applicable to all aspects of our life~
relationships, jobs, careers, home, health…etc.!

In the spirit of ‘Yes Man’

• Let’s celebrate our YESes and honor our NO’s.

• Let’s be true to ourselves and watch the world arrive with greatness right in front of our very eyes.

Are you with me?!?

YES, MAN!  …  (well, only if it’s vibing for you…only if it feels goood…right!)

Tune in to your Resonance Barometer!

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