The Third Agreement: Don’t Make Assumptions
I used to joke that the only exercise I ever got was jumping to conclusions! And man, was I good at it!
When you don’t ask specific questions, then you have to assume your own answers and this, more often than not, leads to trouble. Why do we tend not to ask a simple question, yet would rather stew in our own misery of assumptions and bad guesses?
Just for today, don’t assume. You know what you get when you assume? Uh-huh!
STOP, TAKE A BREATH, and ASK a question.
Coach Carolyn
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4:16 AM
Communicate, Don’t Assume
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4:36 AM
Honor Your Agreements
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"What you resist, persists..."
Make an agreement to "Don't Make Assumptions," and honor your agreement. When you are assuming, you are living in judgment. Instead of assuming and judging, simply ask a question. We make assumptions because we don't know the answer. What do we do if we don't know something? WE ASK!
Where did we lose that? Asking questions is one of the biggest keys to success. Again, we assume that someone will think we are stupid or not in the know. Well, who in the hell cares if you are not in the know? Someone who won't care anyway, and who may not know themselves? Stop worrying about what other people think of you. Because truthfully, what other people think of you is none of your business.
Suffering and struggling comes from resisting and not accepting what is. We cannot change what has happened, but we can change how we react and show up to what has happened. To help us make better choices, we must ask better questions.
Stop struggling. Stop resisting what is. Stop making assumptions. JUST STOP! Remember, stopping is a spiritual action.
Coach Carolyn
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