Reminds me of one of my favourite poems. Hope you don't mind if i share it:

For some people the day comes

when they have to declare the great Yes

or the great No. It’s clear at once who has the Yes

ready within him, and saying it

he goes from honour to honour, strong in his conviction.

He who refuses does not repent. Asked again,

he’d still say no.

Yet that no – the right no –

drags him down all his life.

Che Fece . . . Il Gran Rifiuto

C.P. Cavafy