Yes Man

The movie "Yes Man" with Jim Carrey and the motivational speaker Tony Robbins convey a great message about saying "Yes" to opportunities. Although we need to use discretion and educated opinions when opportunities arise, we need to realize that we are all conditioned to stay in our comfort zone and say "no" to opportunities, like when a sales representative in a store asks if they can help us our initial response is usually "no".
In a past experience after playing a game of hockey the team went to the local bar for a beer. As we all sat around the table our friend Dave informed us he was renting a 4 seat airplane the next day and asked if any of us were interested in going. As he went around the table asking 12 of us, one by one including myself we all said "no". Later that night at home I questioned myself what better thing was I doing to reject the offer...I came up with nothing so I called Dave and asked if the offer was still open and he said yes. This experience was beautifully enriching, I went up with Dave a half a dozen times just after this and enjoyed each time more than the one before. My friend Dave unfortunately died at the age of 42 but I cherish these memories with him and I am so glad I said "Yes". Dave remains influential in my life, he was someone who said "Yes" to most ever opportunity that came his way and at his funeral many people could be heard saying they wished they could experience half as much as Dave did in his 42 years...they thought it would be a hard thing even with a full 80 years.