Taken for granted!

Everytime I swear to myself, "this is it! I am not to let myself taken for granted again!" and curse that I allowed myself to be in such a position. But everytime I soften down! On many occasions, I can not say 'no'! 'NO' must be toughest word to say! I understand that being nice to others is not really being nice to myself sometimes. Also I can not stay angry at someone or at something for long! What can be done? I wish I could just give a 'damn' sometimes!

Teamwork

One thing I miss about a team sport is the feeling of togetherness. I mean, I work in a team in my professional life but its not quite the same.
For example, in football, if a teammate was knocked out by a dirty tackle, then we would make sure that the guy was brought down too and in a pretty nasty manner.
Or in cricket, if a batsman hit a four of the other bowler, and I got him out in the next over, my bowling partner would rejoice as much as I did. And I used to feel great .. as in "bastard! take this"! If the opposition bowler did hit a tailender, then we used to make sure that they got plenty of rough stuff too! And the feeling was not personal satisfaction, but of a complete teamwork! The happiness was complete with all the teammates feeling the same and sharing and enjoying others success! I miss that feeling of doing it together or doing it for the my friend, my team!