Saying 'No'

This thing is beginning to give me a headache… oh Lord, please give me the guts to say ‘No’ when I mean it. The guts to say it over and over when the person asking is unrelenting. The guts to stick to my guns when the other person refuses, time and again, to take the ‘No’ for an answer. The courage to make decisions for myself and to set my priorities, specifically, to choose time with my family over the less essential things.