How a simple voluntary “yes” could lead to something you never imagined A “yes” is never just a word — it’s an entry point into complexity, opening new causal chains, commitments, and emergent possibilities that no one could fully predict (Cialdini, 2007; Lorenz, 1993). Leu Seyer – July 30th, 2023 Monday, 7:32 a.m. A two-year-old Chihuahua—white, brown, and black—with two solitary teeth and wearing a frilly pink tutu flaring like a ballerina's skirt parades atop my kitchen counter. Her tiny paws tap a frenetic, asynchronous rhythm on the cold granite, pulling me out of what felt like a