And So It Begins

A New Year Dawns - 8:20 am, January 1, 2007

I was just over in the Weight Watchers site reading the message boards and someone posted the following from a daily motivation site on the internet. It struck a cord with me as I am often jumping to conclusions about situations based on my views. I am learning that all is often not what it seems, situations that I have built up in my mind as happening are often just that - built up in my mind.

So I decided to post the message to my blog - so I will always have a reminder to wait until I have more information about things that I make assumptions about - to take a breath and know that all is often not what it seems.

A new year is here. It's a great opportunity to re-examine your assumptions, and to get rid of the ones that no longer make any sense.

Assumptions can be very useful because they free you from having to think through every little detail. Assumptions are a practical way to make positive use of your extensive past experience.

Remember, though, that change is a constant part of life. People change, conditions change, the world changes, and all those changes can quickly make your assumptions obsolete.

Outdated assumptions can keep you stuck when there's really no reason for you to be stuck. Outdated assumptions can prevent you from connecting with good and valuable things that are easily within your reach.

As you go through each day, make note of the assumptions you rely upon. Select a few of those assumptions and seriously challenge them.

You'll find limitations you thought you had that are no longer there, and opportunities you never knew about that are now open to you. As the new year begins, free yourself from outdated assumptions, and you'll find all sorts of new possibilities popping into view. -- Ralph Marston

Food for thought...... besides we all know what A-S-S-U-M-E means.